Nicolaescu stressed out that three quarters of the hospitals were closed down for no reason, logic or connection to healthcare or communities but out of political reasons and to cut the financing and the number of beds in these hospital units based on the the stand-by agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
“I believe we need a restructuring of the hospital system, which should only be made based on analyses and complex evaluations, in agreement with the local authorities, as these local authorities could take over various tasks. I believe this is the fair path of collaboration, partnerships: deep and complex evaluations,” said Nicolaescu.
Nicolaescu also said he supports a professional management and local authorities should be left to do their job.
He added that as of 2013, hospitals will be assigned funds for the first time according to their classification.
Also, all emergency hospitals should be under the Health Ministry’s subordination, as they are related to Romania’s strategic sanitary interest, while municipal hospitals should be placed under the local authorities’ management, he said.