Hamburg: Since the 1960s, the life expectancy in most European countries has risen with 11 years. Still, most European citizens (60%) over 65 have at least 3 chronic diseases. Thus since 2007, the Ministry of Education and Research emphasizes on the importance of a healthy ageing process. “The research conducted aims to educate and help…
The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), a sister company of The Economist, has for the first time measured which country will provide overall the best health, safety and prosperity conditions for the future. Switzerland is the best place in the world in which to be born in 2013. Romania on the other hand occupies number 56…
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 latest studies of the EU health and quality of life survey’s underline the well-known fact that the Romanian health system is the least efficient form the entire European Union. The Romanians feel the short-comings on their own flesh, knowing that the Romanian health system is extremely sick and sometimes even in a comatose state.…
Despite the economic crisis, Bulgaria’s healthcare system will undergo a reform destined to allocate the limited existing funds in such a manner that will benefit doctors and patients alike. In 2012, healthcare is expected to be among the priorities of the Bulgarian government, along with the construction of highways. Despite the economic…
Like in most European countries, individuals have the right to choose their own family doctor and medicine, but for some reason the Lithuanian Ministry of Health does not believe that patients should have the right to choose medical care providers such as hospitals. Nearly two years ago the Ministry of Health changed the prescription drug…
Technical expert or a philanthropist, entrepreneur or an altruist? When asked what makes a good doctor, there is no clear answer. Nevertheless, any doctor asks himself this question someday. Charity and humanity: such concepts fitted into stories, go to the heart. For the health care system they seem to play no role. In a system…
Arafat: The new law could provoke a disaster! The former Romanian Deputy State Secretary Raed Arafat claimed in his interview with the ProTv news that he tried to have a discussion about the new health law with the Prime Minister Emil Boc, but it was refused on grounds that “he is against…