This would bring several financial benefits to the medical service, Ritli explained in his hearing before the Parliament’s committees on healthcare.
Developing the new basic service package, “on the basis of a scientific evaluation of necessary services” is “a labor-intensive and long procedure,” which should take as much as one year and a half, said Ritli.
The minister nominee also told the MPs the subsidy for primary care would be raised by 15%, allowing more patients to register with family doctors, and the limit of 20 patients per day would be “optimized.”
The current law on co-payment in healthcare is “almost completely unenforceable” and will be amended by the end of the year, Ritli said. The new law would require the payment of a fixed amount, affordable for any citizen.
The Health Ministry’s budget will allot 110 million lei (EUR25.2 million) for two helicopters and new ambulances to replace the old car park, and will set up branches of the SMURD emergency service in counties Caras Severin, Tulcea and Gorj.
Romanian Health Minister nominee Ladislau Ritli on Wednesday was unanimously endorsed by the Parliament’s health committees.