“Specialist Doctors did not receive their money from the National Health Insurance Agency (CNAS) since the month of May, in these conditions they will no longer be able to continue their activityâ€, underlines a press release form 9th of August, stated by the Alliance for Health in Romania (APSR). “In two years since the program…
The Hungarian government is trying to tame the wave of medical doctors leaving the country by offering them money to stay. But as the application deadline approaches, few have expressed interest in the government scheme. Under the program, Hungarian doctors can receive 100,000 forints ($530) net on top of their monthly salaries for a period…
Like governments the world over, Hungary is seeking ways to rein in spending on health care. If anything, the problem may be even more acute for the Fidesz party-led Hungarian government, which has the highest debt-to-GDP ratio in Central and Eastern Europe and aims to trim its budget deficit to close to 3% of GDP…
The “cult of the doctors†was always concerned about the beauty of the human body… Step by step it’s fading, under our indifferent eyes, the cult with a history of thousands of years. The medical practice implied keeping the state of health, without directives and reforms from any authority, only trough self-knowing and under the…
Recruiting agencies, the starting-point for any job-hunt The key in finding a good work-place is in knowing the job market. If you would dissect the job market a bit you would realize that there are two methods for finding a job: directly and indirectly. The direct method involves a response to a notice given by…
From the eyes of Doctor Dan Pahontu “I wouldn’t have written the following text if in the last few days the media would not have published an article that calls into question the moral integrity and professionalism of the whole social body – that of doctors, occurring in a context in which the media’s central…
Without constant recruiting of foreign doctors East Germany would have no sustainable medical care. Although the Federal Chamber of Physicians is not considering it permanent solution, Saxony, Thuringia and Co. go on promotional tours in countries such as Austria, Hungary, Poland, etc. in order to attract foreign doctors. If the television series “A Country Doctor 
I don’t believe that in Romania there exists a more humiliated professional class than that of the doctors. Underpaid, poorly equipped, the media’s favorite targets, always too few and lately those who work in healthcare have become also targets of serious physical violence. The case of the stretcher bearer stabbed in Cluj is not an…
WITH REFORMS IN LICENSING REGULATIONS AND IN HEALTH CARE FUNDING GERMANY IS TRYING TO COMBAT THE DOCTOR SHORTAGE BAK-PRESIDENT MONTGOMERY FOR MEDICAL EDUCATION IN THE COUNTRY Berlin 25.08.2011 The President of the Federal Chamber of Physicians, Dr. Frank Ulrich Montgomery wants to combat the shortage of physicians in the country with a change in licensing…
In the past years, medical tourism achieved such a magnitude that in Romania there are entire hotels just for foreigners that come here for medical treatment. WHY? Because prices in Romania are 5 or 6 times lower in Romania then in other UE countries and because a lot of Romanian doctors have gained notoriety. The…