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Fees are necessary to finance the healthcare system, but no new duties are to be introduced, Public Finance Minister Ionut Misa stated on Thursday at the Health Forum event. "In the governing programme there are priorities in the healthcare area regarding doctors and nurses. Healthcare is an area in which the public pay law has already scheduled an increase.You know that it was a growth on stages until 2022. Healthcare is one of the few areas where these increases will be achieved in 2018. This year there will also be salary increases, only at the level of salary fund to help doctors stay in Romania, to encourage them to offer the best medical treatment, for nurses too. The wage fund will increase in 2018, compared to this year, by 2.9 billion lei. The amount is very consistent," Misa said.
He mentioned that it is a budget effort that undoubtedly finds its motivation. "I hope it will respond to a part of the demands of the medical staff. Besides these measures, 600 million euro were allocated for emergency services and we try to improve the conditions for granting medical services. We plan to purchase CT scanners and more medical equipment, at least one to be in each county, even two. Also, 2,200 new ambulances will be purchased to provide quality medical services. (...) We also have to take into account the fees that are needed to finance this system, without taking into account, to avoid speculation, that new duties will be introduced. It is excluded," the Minister of Public Finance said.
