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Health Minister Appoints Interim Medicines Agency Chief

18:41, 14 Ian. 2020
Romanian Health Minister Victor Costache appointed Dr. Roxana Stroe as the new interim head of the National Agency for Medicines and Medical Devices of Romania (ANMDMR), until a new full-time chief will be appoint by contest.

Apuseni Mountains Plane Crash Surviovr Appointed National Transplant Agency Director

13:39, 05 Mart. 2019
Romanian Health Minister Sorana Pintea appointed Dr. Radu Zamfir, a survivor of the 2014 medical flight crash in the Apuseni Mountains, as the new executive director of the country’s National Transplant Agency (ANT).

Health Minister: Inquiry Launched Concerning Possible Fake Medical Phyiscist

18:55, 13 Feb. 2019
A third scandal in the past two weeks regarding fake medical practitioners in Romania erupted on Wednesday, as Health Minister Sorina Pintea announced investigations into a possible fake medical physicist employed by the ministry.

Health Minister: Inquiry Launched Concerning Possible Fake Physician

17:06, 13 Feb. 2019
A third scandal in the past two weeks regarding fake medical practitioners in Romania erupted on Wednesday, as Health Minister Sorina Pintea announced investigations into a possible fake physician employed by the ministry.

Schools To Close Countrywide On Friday Due To Flu

18:42, 23 Ian. 2019
Romania’s Education Ministry decided to close all schools on Friday, January 25, due to evolution of flu infections throughout the country, which is on the verge of the epidemic.

Opposition Party Urges Health Minister To Declare Flu Epidemic

14:03, 23 Ian. 2019
Representatives of Romanian opposition party USR requested Health Minister Sorina Pintea on Wednesday to declare a flu epidemic, in the context of the disease’s death toll reaching 29 for the season.

Three Years After Nightclub Fire, Romania Has 11 Special Beds For Severe Burn Victims

17:17, 29 Oct. 2018
Romania’s Health Minister Sorana Pintea told MEDIAFAX on Monday that Romania currently has only 11 specialized beds for victims of severe burn injuries, three years after a nightclub fire in Bucharest resulted in 65 deaths – some of which were the result of improper treatment conditions.

Romanian Health Ministry Proposes Changes To Prescription Drug List, Length Of Hospital Stay

18:29, 16 Mart. 2012
Romania's Health Ministry has put forward for public debate a draft Government decision, which restricts the prescription of three drugs, and a draft order changing the duration of hospitalization for all illnesses.

Romanian Health Ministry To Begin Talks On New Health Bill Thursday, With Doctors’ College

16:30, 23 Ian. 2012
Romania's Health Ministry will begin discussions Thursday to develop a new healthcare bill and revise the basic service package, with the Doctors' College being the first partner invited for talks.

Romanian Health Ministry Honorific Adviser Dismissed Two Days After Appointment

12:34, 12 Ian. 2012
Tudor Ciuhodaru was released Thursday from the position of honorific adviser with the Romanian Health Ministry, two days after appointment, ministry spokeswoman Oana Grigore told MEDIAFAX.

Andrei Georgescu Appointed Romanian Health Ministry Deputy State Secretary

14:49, 11 Ian. 2012
Andrei Georgescu, head of the emergency room of the University Emergency Hospital in Bucharest, told MEDIAFAX Wednesday he accepted his appointment as Health Ministry deputy secretary of state to replace Raed Arafat who resigned Tuesday.

Romanian Parliament Committees OK Draft 2012 Budgets Of Health Min, Health Insurance House

18:33, 05 Dec. 2011
The Romanian Parliament’s health committees on Monday approved with 14 to ten votes the draft 2012 budgets of the Health Ministry and the National Health Insurance House (CNAS).

Romania’s Hungarian Minority Party Nominates Ladislau Ritli For Health Minister

16:21, 17 Aug. 2011
The Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR) proposed Ladislau Ritli to lead the Ministry of Health, which will also "coordinate" the National Health Insurance House, as per an agreement between UDMR and ruling coalition partners PDL.

Romanian PM Says Health Minister Nomination To Be Made On Time

12:29, 17 Aug. 2011
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc said Wednesday there are no tensions in the ruling coalition concerning the appointment of a new health minister.

Romanian Authorities Take New Steps To Develop Medical Tourism

16:39, 14 Iul. 2011
Romanian Health Minister Attila Cseke said Thursday he will soon put forward a draft act to grant spa resort status to ten localities which have therapeutic springs.

Romanian Health Ministry Asks Producers For 15% Lower Price On HIV, TB, Cancer Drugs

20:19, 27 Iun. 2011
Romania's Health Ministry is asking producers to reduce the prices of drugs provided free of charge through the national healthcare programs for diabetes, tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS and cancer, by 15% starting with August 1, and distributors and pharmacists to reduce their markups.

Romanian Healthcare Units Banned From Asking Co-Payment For State-Funded Fertilization Services

13:51, 21 Iun. 2011
The Romanian in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer program, which was launched by the Health Ministry on June 1, is free and healthcare units requiring co-payment from patients included in the program risk penalties and even exclusion, the ministry said in a press release Tuesday.

Romanian Health Min: Family Doctors End Protest Over New Public Healthcare Contract

15:41, 10 Iun. 2011
Romanian family doctors on Friday decided to end protests over the frame-contract on public healthcare for 2011-2012, the Health Ministry said in a press release.

Romanian Medicine Graduates Who Fail Intern Exam Will Have Limited Duties – Draft

18:00, 21 Apr. 2011
Romanian medical school graduates who failed the medical internship exam will be allowed into the system with limited duties, according to a draft order by the Health Ministry.

Romanian Regional Hospitals To Have 700-900 Beds, Cost EUR200-300M

10:17, 04 Mart. 2011
The regional emergency hospitals that will be built through a public-private partnership will have 700-900 beds and will cost EUR200-300 million each, Romanian Health Minister Attila Cseke said Thursday.

No Flu Epidemic In Romania – Health Ministry

14:51, 31 Ian. 2011
Health Ministry specialists have announced that there is no influenza epidemic in Romania, but they have provided the national healthcare network with a series of recommendations.

Romanian Health Ministry Pushes For Higher Autonomy Over Healthcare Sys Resources

14:41, 26 Oct. 2010
Romania’s Health Minister Cseke Attila said Tuesday he plans to bring the National Health Insurance House under the Health Ministry’s authority and have it manage the single health insurance fund, which is currently managed by the Finance Ministry.

Romanian Health Ministry Working On New Legislation On Public Healthcare Sys

16:26, 16 Oct. 2010
Romania’s Health Ministry is working on a new pack of laws regulating the healthcare system in a move to ensure fair social healthcare contributions and a more efficient National Health Insurance House, minister Cseke Attila said Saturday.

Romanian Health Min Says Medical Leaves Dn 30% After New Regulations Enforced

12:42, 24 Sept. 2010
Romania’s new medical leave system implemented in 2010 led to a 30% reduction in the number of medical leave certificates issued over the past months, compared to the beginning of the year, the Health Ministry said in a press release Friday.

EXCLUSIVE: Romania Plans Drastic Cut In Healthcare Spending By 2013

10:50, 16 Sept. 2010
The Romanian Government’s three-year fiscal strategy, approved Wednesday, estimates drastic cuts in the Health Ministry’s spending, from 5,081 million lei (EUR1=RON4.2394) in 2010 to as little as RON1,842 million in 2013.

Romania Might Close Down Hospitals Not Taken Over By Local Authorities – Health Min

18:33, 09 Iul. 2010
Romanian authorities will soon assess the stages of the hospital decentralization process and the hospitals that present no interest to local authorities might be closed down, Health Minister Cseke Attila told a news conference Friday.

Romanian Health Ministry Cuts Over 1,600 Positions In Healthcare Units

10:39, 08 Iul. 2010
Romania’s Health Ministry finished the reorganization and restructuring process by which 1,621 positions and 233 vacant resident practitioner jobs have been slashed, Government spokeswoman Ioana Muntean said Wednesday.

Romanian Govt To Reduce No Of Hospital Beds, Hospital Manager Jobs

16:14, 02 Iun. 2010
Romania’s Government decided Wednesday, by an emergency decree, to eliminate 9,200 hospital beds and reduce by 577 the number of hospital manager jobs starting July 1, when 373 hospitals will also be transferred to local authorities, Health Minister Cseke Attila said Wednesday.

Romania’s Health Ministry To Axe Its Budget Expenses By 20% Amid Public Spending Cuts

17:56, 13 Mai 2010
Romania’s Health Minister Attila Cseke on Thursday said his ministry will cut by 20% its budget expenses approved for the procurement of goods and services in 2010, adding it will also enforce the 25% salary cut recently announced for all employees in the public sector.

Romania Might Raise Health Insurance Contributions To 14%, From 10.7%

15:11, 12 Mai 2010
Romania’s Health Ministry and the National Health Insurance House (CNAS) are working on a draft act to raise health insurance contributions from 10.7% to 14%, which would increase the value of the health insurance fund by 20%, CNAS manager Adina Geana said Wednesday.

Pathogen Reveals Unsuitable Treatment Conditions At CF2 Hospital – Romanian Health Ministry

16:08, 26 Apr. 2010
Romania’s Health Ministry said Monday that the pathogen Burkholderia cepacia was found in the blood of one of the patients rushed to intensive care Tuesday night, revealing the “unsuitable conditions” under which she received treatment at Bucharest’s CF 2 hospital.

Romanian Health Min Investigates Hospital, Two Patients Infected

14:51, 23 Apr. 2010
Romania’s Health Ministry has closed down three sections of Bucharest’s CFR 2 Hospital for investigation, after two female patients who underwent minor surgery there on Tuesday night developed severe infections, hospital PR manager Cristian Codreanu said Friday.

Romania’s New Medical Leave Regulations Might Be Enforced In May

16:23, 21 Apr. 2010
Romania’s new conditions regarding medical leaves might come into force in May, as set in an emergency decree regulating this issue.

Romanian Family Doctors Likely To Resume Issuing Compensated Medicine As Of Thursday

18:27, 06 Apr. 2010
Romanian family doctor association officials announced Tuesday, after talks with Health Ministry officials, that negotiations on the new healthcare contract for 2010 will continue Wednesday and, should a consensus be reached, doctors will resume prescribing compensated medicine starting Thursday.

Romanian Health Ministry To Hold Negotiations On Healthcare Frame Contract With Family Doctors – PM

14:23, 03 Apr. 2010
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc said Saturday the Health Ministry will hold negotiations with family doctors to solve the issues regarding the country’s new frame contract on the provision of medical assistance in 2010.

Medicine Prices Might Rise By About 6.25% As Of April 1 – Romanian Health Min

19:56, 03 Mart. 2010
Romanian health minister’s adviser Sipos Emse said Wednesday the price of medicine might rise by about 6.25% starting April, after modifying medicine prices according to the exchange rate used in setting the 2010 budget.

Romania’s PM Urges Health Min To Ban Psychedelic Plant Consumption, Regardless Of EC Approval

11:45, 05 Feb. 2010
Romania’s Prime Minister Emil Boc urged the health minister Friday to urgently complete a normative act banning the consumption of psychedelic plants, irrespective of the approval of the European Commission concerning the matter.

Romania Registers 100 Deaths, 6,386 AH1N1 Infections

13:50, 14 Ian. 2010
Romania registers 100 fatalities and 6,386 infections with the AH1N1 flu virus, as four more deaths and 131 new infections have been reported over the past 24 hours, the Health Ministry said Thursday.

Romanian Health Ministry Orders Two Institutes To Join AH1N1 Vaccination Campaign, On High Demand

14:07, 09 Ian. 2010
The Romanian Health Ministry ordered the “Cantacuzino” Institute and Public Health Institute to join the “Matei Bals” Institute in the AH1N1 vaccination campaign, as demand for the vaccine in Bucharest has grown significantly over the past week.

Romania To Apply Fast Food Tax As Of March 2010

11:35, 06 Ian. 2010
Romania will apply a tax on fast food starting March 2010 to economic operators that produce or import fast food, pastry, cakes, snacks, chips and fizzy drinks, and the quantum of the tax will be established after negotiations with the respective operators.