Over 1000 Doctors Left Romania In First Four Months Of 2011

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29.05.2011, 12:52 | Health | 1187 views

More than one thousand doctors left Romania in the first months of 2011, 30% of them family doctors, Viorel Radulescu, general secretary of the Romanian Doctors' College (CMR), said Saturday.

CMR estimates that around 260 doctors could leave Romania ever month, meaning more than 3000 by the end of the year.

Radulescu said these doctors are hard to replace, since hiring is frozen through current legislation. In addition, patients registered with a family doctor for less than six months are unable to change to a new doctor should their current physician choose to leave the country.

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