Romania To Put New Medical Malpractice Law Up For Public Debate
Romania’s Health Minister Eugen Nicolaescu said a new medical malpractice law will soon be put up for public debate.
Currently, both experts and patients say the medical malpractice law rather favors insurance companies by boosting their bank accounts and it does not stipulate compensations for patients who suffer harm.
The cases in which patients receive compensations are rare, although the malpractice insurance market reaches EUR3 million per year, according to experts in the field.
Under the new law coordinated by Health Ministry state secretary and doctor Raed Arafat, an alleged act of negligence will be evaluated by “more independent and objective” experts and insurance companies, which have been cashing in lots of money for years, are expected to pay damages in cases involving medical error, Nicolaescu also said. (Adevarul)
Romanians Spend Most Of Their Money On Food
Romanians spend most of their money on food, especially over the holiday period, despite earning far less than people in other European countries.
According to the statistics institute, around 42% of overall household expenses in Romania involved food at the end of 2012.
European estimates show that Romanians spend an average EUR1,000 on food per year, which translates into around EUR83 per month, twice lower than a German or an Austrian. A German earns almost five times more than a Romanian. (Gandul)
Nabucco Pipeline Project Launches “Open Season” Process For Transport Capacity Booking
Nabucco Gas Pipeline International announced Monday the launch off the Open Season process for capacity booking in the Nabucco pipeline and interested transporters will be able to provide binding capacity booking in the third quarter of the year.
The first phase of the Open Season process offers potential shippers the possibility to register their interest in booking capacity in the pipeline and to request access to the Open Season documents, following which they can provide non-binding capacity bookings, according to a statement.
The Open Season documents include the details of the Open Season process, the form of gas transportation agreement and the related network code, setting out the terms and conditions proposed by the transporter for transportation services through the Nabucco pipeline. (Evenimentul Zilei)
Lower Chamber To Debate PDL’s Simple Motion On State Companies Management Tuesday
Romania’s Chamber of Deputies will debate Tuesday, on the third day of Easter, on the simple motion submitted by the opposition Democratic Liberal Party (PDL), which targets the management of state-run companies in the ruling period of the Social Liberal Union (USL).
The motion will be put to the vote in Parliament on May 8, according to deputy Niculae Mircovici.
Democrat liberal vice-president Alexandru Nazare said the Government led by Prime Minister Victor Ponta simply “trampled under the foot” Ordinance 109/2011 regarding the corporate governance of state-run companies.
Romanian President’s Easter Message Calls For Solidarity
Romanian President Traian Basescu wished a Happy Easter to Romanians everywhere and reiterated the need for solidarity and compassion toward all those who need it.
“May the Easter Holiday bring us closer to the light of the resurrection and engrave peace and joy in our hearts,” Basescu said in his official message the Saturday before Easter Day. (Adevarul)