The Romania Journal Daily news in English from Romania If the flu death toll stood at 14 on Friday, it climbed to 20 by Sunday. The last victim is a 68-year-old man who died at the County Hospital in Galati on Saturday. Like the other previous victims, the man ...
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Flu death toll climbs to 14. Health minister: We are on the verge of an epidemic
Flu is making more and more victims, with the western country topping the ranking. Two people have died in the past 24 hours, a 81-year-old woman from Arad and a 69-year-old man from Timis. A third death has been reported ...
Read More »Eurostat: Romania, among the EU countries with low number of generalist medical practitioners per 100,000 inhabitants
Generalist medical practitioners (which include general practitioners) provide continuing and comprehensive medical care to individuals, families and communities. The number of generalist medical practitioners per 100,000 inhabitants varied noticeably across the different European Union (EU) Member States in 2016. In ...
Read More »Two burn centres to be opened in Iasi and Timisoara, health minister says
Burn Centres are to be opened in Iasi and Timisoara, most probably in May, after the the second public tender to buy the necessary medical equipment ends, Health Minister Sorina Pintea told a press conference in Timisoara on Wednesday. “It’s ...
Read More »Romanian doctor, suspended in UK for 9 months after asking bowel patients to take the “George Michael position”
A Romanian surgeon working in the UK has been suspended from practice for nine months after using strong language when talking to his patients, but also to his colleagues in the hospital. According to BBC News,59-year-old doctor Șerban Ioan Gheorghiu ...
Read More »17-year old from Teleorman – the eighth victim of influenza. Health Minister says there is no epidemic
The number of deaths caused by influenza has reached 8, as on Tuesday a young man from Teleorman County, aged 17, has passed away, infected with the influenza virus A, the National Institute for Public Health informs. The young man ...
Read More »Mazor X, the most cutting-edge neurosurgery robot in the world, reaches hospital in Romania
The most cutting-edge robot used in the neurosurgery and in the spinal surgery, worth EUR 1.2 million, has been bought for a hospital in Romania, more precisely „Professor doctor Nicolae Oblu” Neurosurgery Hospital in Iasi, eastern country. According to the ...
Read More »Denmark Embassy in Bucharest does Christmas song for MagiCAMP
The Danish Embassy to Romania has recorded a music video on Christmas to raise awareness on the activity of MagiCAMP NGO, which helps children with cancer, and to encourage all to support the cause. “Christmas is upon us! It is ...
Read More »Admissions halted at Giulesti Maternity after 12 newborn babies confirmed with MRSA. 11 employees, carriers of the bacterium
Health Ministry and the Public Health Directorate have stopped all admissions at the Giulesti Maternity in Bucharest after 11 employees had been identified as carriers of MRSA. The employees are suspended, and the measure will remain in force until a ...
Read More »Eurostat: Romania, last position in the EU in terms of health care expenditures
The most recent statistics on health care expenditure published by Eurostat indicate the range of expenditure on health care across European Union (EU) in 2016, in terms of both expenditure per inhabitant and the share of gross domestic product (GDP), ...
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