The Minister of Health, Alexandru Rogobete, announced the establishment of the AP-ROBOTICA program, through which the Ministry of Health will directly finance public hospitals equipped with surgical robots, for the acquisition of kits, instruments and consumables necessary for their use in interventions performed on patients.
The ministerial order establishing AP-ROBOTICA was made publicly available on the Ministry of Health website, and funding will begin next year, agerpres reports.
"More and more public hospitals in Romania are now equipped with state-of-the-art surgical robots, used in complex oncology, neurosurgery, general surgery or orthopedics interventions. The technology exists. The professionalism exists. But, until now, patients have not been able to benefit to their true capacity from these interventions because there was no clear public financing mechanism for robotic surgery. We are correcting this inequity," the minister informs on his Facebook page.
According to it, the National Program for Financing through Priority Actions - Robotic Surgery (AP-ROBOTICA) is established.
''Through this program, the Ministry of Health will directly finance public hospitals equipped with surgical robots, for the acquisition of kits, instruments and consumables necessary for their use on patients. Specifically, AP-ROBOTICA allows robotic surgery interventions to be performed in public hospitals in Romania, without patients having to seek solutions outside the country. The program is addressed to all public hospitals that have surgical robots, regardless of specialty, and creates the premises for the development of centers of excellence in robotic surgery, at a national level,'' the cited source specifies.
Robotic surgery means more than technology. It means shorter hospitalizations, fewer postoperative complications, better functional and oncological outcomes, faster recovery, and, ultimately, a significantly improved quality of life for patients, says Minister Rogobete.
At the system level, these benefits translate into savings per case, freeing up hospital beds and increasing the efficiency of public hospitals, aligning Romania with international standards, the cited source shows.
Public hospitals equipped with surgical robots benefit from funding, regardless of the medical specialty, and materials and consumables necessary for interventions performed through robotic surgery are financed.
"I believe that, through this program, we are correcting an injustice towards patients and taking a real step towards a modern, fair and efficient medical system. I thank the health professionals who worked alongside me and the Ministry of Health team to build this program," the minister said.
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