GERMANY’S FIGHT WITH DOCTOR SHORTAGE STILL A MAJOR ISSUE!

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…

Why do the Italians and Spaniards beat thousands of miles in order to receive medical treatment in Romania?

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…

GERMANY’S FUTURE ORIENTED HEALTHCARE POLICY!

Montgomery: “ Finally, a future-oriented health policy” Berlin, 03.08.2011 The new coverage law finally enables the start of a future-oriented health policy, instead of persisting with the old patterns,”said BAK-President Dr. Frank Ulrich Montgomery to the German media today as a result of the Cabinets vote on the law of healthcare structure. The law will…

In 4 years Romania will have 6 new university hospitals. See where!

The Romanian government approved the Memorandum on the construction of 6 new regional emergency hospitals through a public-private partnership proposal from the Ministry of Health. The six university hospitals will be built in Cluj, Craiova, Iasi, Targul-Mures, Timisoara and Bucharest. The investment in the 6 miedical units amounts to about 1.5 billion Euro. The Ministry…