PM Dancila: We will ensure neccesary financing for emergency medical centers

Prime Minister Viorica Dancila announced in Thursday's cabinet meeting that the Government will adopt measures to ensure the necessary financing for 350 emergency medical centers, allocating additional funds to the Ministry of Health, from the budget reserve fund at the Government's disposal. 

"An important measure that we are taking today is financing in the Health sector, we ensure the necessary financing for permanent medical centers, so that patients can benefit from medical services, emergency room type of services, regardless of the hour or where they live. Presently, there are approximately 350 emergency medical centers, in isolated or hard to reach areas, especially in the rural area. This is where we need basic health care, beyond the work hours of family medicine clinics. For these centers we will allocate additional funds to the Ministry of Health, from the budget reserve funds at the Government's disposal." Dancila specified. 

She reminded that as of July 1, pensions will be raised, as well as social benefits for people with disabilities. 

"Just as we made a commitment, through the governing program, starting with July 1, Romanians' pensions will be raised. This is a responsibility, but also a debt of honor to those over 5 million pensioners. The pension point will go up by 10 percent, starting with July 1, 2018, namely from 1,000 lei to 1,100 lei. The guaranteed minimum pension will also go up by 23 percent, also from July 1, 2018, from 520 lei to 640 lei. We are talking about net values, because it is well known that pensions under 2,000 lei are tax free. Also, starting with July 1 the social benefits will be raised for people with disabilities," the Prime Minister showed.