Thus, there are 39,000 physicians currently registered at the Romanian College of Physicians, as every year 3,000 doctors are registered and another 3,500 exit the database (migration, retirement, death).
According to the College of Physicians’ data, there are only 13,521 physicians currently working in Romanian hospitals, compared with 26,000 needed, down from 20,648 in 2011 and 14,487 in 2013.
Almost 3.000 of physicians working in Romanian hospitals are over 60 years of age, 2,610 are aged between 50 and 60, 3,642 are between 40 and 50, 3,901 are between 30 and 40 and only 407 are younger than 30 years.
Among the physicians preparing to work abroad, 424 were family physicians, 127 were obstetrics-gynecology doctors, 85 –general surgery, 60 – anesthesia and intensive care, 55 – psychiatry, 55 – internal medicine, 52 – pediatrics, 48 – radiology, 45 – emergency medicine, 43- orthopedics, 42 – cardiology, 32 – plastic surgery.