2018-2020 ruling programme /Health: 8 regional hospitals, 1 republican, ambulances in each commune, new Health law

The gov't is committed to backing several major investments such as the erection of 8 brand new regional hospitals and a republican hospital in Bucharest, the modernisation of most of the county hospitals and the ambulatories and emergency units, the endowment of each commune with ambulances and the adoption of a new Health Law until 31 December 2018 the latest, the 2018-2010 ruling programme informs in the chapter titled Policies in public health. 

Besides all of the above, the ruling programme says the gov't wishes the minimum endowment of the general practitioners' offices and their inclusion in training programmes so that the phenomenon through which several patients are crowding in the emergency rooms of the medical units be eliminated. 

As regards the health care infrastructure, the gov't programme foresees several measures, such as the construction with FSDI (Sovereign Development and Investment Fund) financing of the 8 regional hospitals due to be organised as emergency - excellence centers for all the medical specialisations, including the regional or national telemedicine centers, depending of the specialty, to which the medical centers could connect, for both diagnosis and for a second opinion, too, the cost of such a regional hospital being estimated at EUR 300 million. 

These hospitals would count for 1,000 beds, 10 clinics, 1 research center, state-of-the-art equipment, housing for the medical staff, accommodation infrastructure for the patients' relatives and attendants (minimum 50-bed hotel). 

The Bucharest-based republican hospital will be organised as an emergency-excellence and research centre on all specialities, it would cover over 2,500 beds, 30 clinics, 2-5 research centers, next-generation equipment. Adjacent to this hospital will be erected a medical campus that will include several facilities: school, kindergarten, shops for the medical staff, as well as accommodation facilities for the patients' attendants (minimum 2,000 bed-hotel), the estimated cost nearing EUR 1.1 billion. 

As for rehabilitation, modernisation or extension, at least 15 county hospitals are targeted, not less than 150 specialty ambulatories and at least 25 Emergency Units.

AGERPRES