Cancer Patients Complain About Not Having Access To New Medicines
Cancer patients in Romania complain that, despite extending the list of compensated and free of charge drugs by 21 new medicines, most for cancer treatment, physicians cannot prescribe the new drugs on grounds that therapeutic protocols have not yet been drafted.
Although the Health Ministry said Romanian patients would have access to 21 new drugs, two months from publishing the government decision introducing the new medicines, patients are still paying themselves for the new treatments, because the elaboration of therapeutic protocols used to prescribe medication is ongoing.
Authorities, however, said bureaucratic procedures will take only a few more weeks and patients will have access to the new drugs mid-October at the latest. (Adevarul)
Labor Ministry Needs RON14B From State Budget To Raise Public Sector Wages
A realistic scenario for pay raises in the next five years implies allocating nearly RON14 billion from the state budget, according the unitary salary bill presented by the labor minister to the leaders of union confederations.
“We started today (Wednesday, e.n.) consultations with leaders of union confederations regarding the unitary salary bill. We already held talks with government officials regarding the principles and we shall present these principles designed to have a unitary salary law for employees paid from public funds,” said Labor Minister Dragos Pislaru.
According to Pislaru, there are seven important principles, such as: defining the financing framework, reforming the public sector, the unitary aspect of the law, equalization between occupational families and within occupational families and the way we use former law no. 284, the way we approach bonuses, non-salary benefits and the minimum wage as reference for the unitary salary system and also the maximum and minimum ratio used for the salary system in the public sector. (Adevarul)
Renault Relocates Production Of Logan Break MCV Model To Morocco
Renault will relocate the production of Logan Break MCV model from the Romanian plant in Pitesti to its plant in Tangier, Morocco, as of 2017, according to Jean-François Gal, manager of Renault Tangier plant, cited by L’Usine Nouvelle website.
According to Jean-François Gal, the Logan Break MCV model will be produced in Tangier starting with the first quarter of next year, which will require additional investments of approximately EUR20 million.
Dacia Logan MCV model will also be produced in Tangier, Morocco, with no impact on the Romanian plant in Mioveni, Renault group said in a statement Wednesday.
According to Renault representatives, the production capacity of the Mioveni-based plant is currently used to its fullest potential as it must meet the increasing demand for Duster model, so that Renault group will also produce Logan MCV model in a second plant.(Evenimentul Zilei)
Energy Minister Says Romania Will Not Export Natural Gas
Energy Minister Victor Grigorescu on Wednesday assured everybody that Romania would not export the natural gas it produces, at least not so soon.
The pressure of pipes in the national natural gas transportation system does not coincide with that of natural gas systems in the neighboring countries.
Grigorescu said talks on the matter would be held only after the year 2020. He added that BRUA, a natural gas pipeline connecting Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary and Austria, would be the first pipeline to eventually allow natural gas exports. According to the minister, BRUA might be completed in the next three years. (Puterea)
Romania Among Countries Likely To Take In More Refugees
A summit hosted by US President Barack Obama garnered pledges from dozens of countries to resettle or allow the lawful admission of some 360,000 refugees, doubling the number of slots that were available last year, the US envoy to the United Nations said.
After Obama’s speech on the situation of refugees, international media spoke about Romania and six other countries (Portugal, Spain, the Czech Republic, Italy, France and Luxembourg) pledging to take in, under the European redistribution scheme or separately, at least ten times more refugees than in 2015.
Romanian Foreign Affairs Ministry said Romania „emphasized its actions in this respect, but made no additional commitments.” (Evenimentul Zilei)