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Head of the Department for Emergency Situations (DSU), Secretary of State in the Ministry of the Interior Raed Arafat announced today that 20 doctors and nurses will come from the Republic of Moldova to help their colleagues at the Covid modular hospital in Letcani care for patients.
"The Health Ministry and the Ministry of the Interior received via the Foreign Ministry the offer of the Republic of Moldova to send over medical staff. (...) The offer was accepted. 20 Moldovan medical staff will be deployed to the Letcani hospital to work at the side of the military and civilian personnel there," Arafat told a news conference.
He added that discussions were also held with the representatives of the Romanian College of Physicians for temporary practice permits to be issued to the guest medical workers.
"We discussed with the president of the College of Physicians, they will issue temporary practice permits for the guest doctors and nurses. There is a great need for medical workers and they are welcome to support patient care, to allow the increase of the number of beds in the Letcani facility," said the DSU head.
