Health
Romanians Who Fail To Pay Health Insurance Contributions To Receive Only Emergency Care - Bill
Romanians who fail to pay their health insurance contribution will receive medical care only in emergency situations, in infectious disease cases and for illnesses included in the national i...
Doctors May Not Reject Patients Over Ethnicity, Religion, Sexual Orientation
Romanian medical personnel is obligated to provide consultation only to someone previously accepted as a patient, but may not reject a person on grounds of ethnicity, religion, sexual orient...
Insurers Need 1m Clients, Premiums Of EUR250M To Join Social Health Insurance System
To join the Romanian social health insurance system, private insurers must be authorized by the Insurance Supervision Commission, must have signed up at least one million clients, with premi...
Pharmaceutical Market Up 6.4% In 2011, Nears EUR2.5B
Drug sales in Romania could exceed EUR2.4 billion this year, up 6.4% on the year, according to ZF estimates based on data from market research company Cegedim.
Romania's New Healthcare Bill Up For Public Debate
Romania's new healthcare bill, now up for public debate, introduces private health insurance houses and allows hospitals to operate as foundations or commercial companies.
Record Investments In Private Hospitals In 2011: EUR131M For Eight Units
Private healthcare operators put record amounts in building hospitals, with over EUR130 million worth of projects being completed. In Bucharest, as well as in Brasov and Pitesti, investors r...
Government Sets 29 Activity Sectors
The Romanian Government on Wednesday set a list of 29 activity sectors for which collective work contracts may be negotiated and signed, said Labor Minister Sulfina Barbu.
Government Allots Extra Funds To Several Ministries To Pay Arrears
The Romanian Government has increased the 2011 budgets of the ministries of Transport, Environment, Regional Development, Education and Health to pay arrears, Government spokeswoman Ioana Mu...
Top 10 Events In Pharma & Healthcare In 2011
The resignation of the health minister, a first draft of a new healthcare law, the shutdown of state hospitals, the departure of the largest local drug group from the London Stock Exchange a...