Health care spending in Estonia is significantly lower than the average in the OECD countries, writes LETA/Postimees Online. Estonia only spends 6.3% of its GDP on health care costs while the average among OECD members states is 9.5%, is revealed by the organisation’s 2012 health care sector overview. Only Mexico and Turkey spent proportionately less…
Berlin – “Surgery consists of more than just the pure surgical act†, this statement was pointed out by the German Society of Surgery, prior to a joint session noted with different sub-affiliates in August. “A well performed surgery is not composed by only the professionally executed operation, rather it is the result of…
The introduction of co-payment in the Romanian health system was postponed by the Government till further notice. The co-payment was one of the agreements struck by the Romanian government with the IMF, the European Committee and the World Bank. The postponement was adopted in consensus with the IMF. “The co-payment will be negotiated with the…
The Romanian news portal “Stirile ProTV†published an article with the following title: “The Romanian doctor factory can’t keep up with the high number of doctors that choose to leave the country. Since 2007, 8200 doctors left the country.â€Â Because of no significant changes in the Romanian health system, future doctors choose to leave the…
The new health bill makes a series of legislative changes regarding the medical staff. It’s not an unknown fact that both Romanian doctors and nurses prefer to leave the Romanian health system, being attracted by the substantial foreign wages. Their enrollment as state employees, and their uptake as civil servants made the doctors express their…
New treatment methods for cancer are soon to be perfected! Researchers at the University of Ottawa and The Ottawa Hospital have developed a vaccine that harnesses the immune system to fight cancer. So far tested only on mice, the work is part of a burgeoning field of research into how to use the immune system…
According to the new draft Law on organization and functioning of the health system, physicians from third EU countries, beneficiaries of permanent resident status in Romania and doctors beneficiaries of long-term resident status granted by one of the EU will be entitled to practice in Romania. “We had solicitations from medics from the USA, Israel…
“Prices for goods and services in Romania are at about 60% of the EU average, but the salaries are 4 times smaller†– states the title of the Romanian newspaper “Ziarul Financiar†The prices of goods and services in Romania are at about 60% of the EU average, but the Romanians find themselves paying far…
The plane is on its way to Zurich and before touching the ground three of its passengers look through the window asking themselves: Could this be my home in the future? They are doctors who applied through us for a job in a Swiss health care establishment and we organized a study tour in which…
The Romanian Minister of Health, Vasile Cepoi, explained during an interview, what the new health law will bring to the table. Probably one of the most notable things of this reform is the introduction of private insurers. “As far as insurance goes, we would like to introduce in the market the competition between private and…