The Minister of Health, Vlad Voiculescu, on Friday announced that the family doctors will be paid at least 30 lei for each patient they schedule for the anti-COVID vaccination, with those who do take the vaccine to also be monitored by the family doctor further on.
"We have established a form of remuneration of the most important vectors of communication and persuasion of Romanians in the next period, namely the family doctors. We rely on them to talk to people, to inform them, to be available for any information they need," Voiculescu told a news conference at Victoria Palace.He added that the amount will increase to 50 lei if rate of patients who receive the vaccine exceed 50 per cent of the number of eligible patients or up to 60 lei for a 60 per cent of higher success rate.