The eighth edition of the Congress of Urology, Dialysis and Renal Transplant was opened in Chisinau. The event brought together 300 specialists from 27 countries and aims to ensure the exchange of experiences and good practices in the field of medicine. In the opening remarks, Minister of Health Ala Nemerenco said the modernization of hospital infrastructure and outfitting of the medical institutions with modern equipment are the government’s priorities, IPN reports.
The two-day Congress of Urology, Dialysis and Renal Transplant held in Chisinau will include exhibitions of scientific publications, medical equipment and pharmaceutical products and will raise the most pressing problems experienced in the medical sector.
“The discussions will contribute to establishing and developing new mutually advantageous relations of friendship and cooperation. They will offer new opportunities for developing scientific research in the medical and pharmaceutical sector, will contribute to the continuous education of highly competent medical personnel in different specialties, will increase the quality of specialized medical assistance offered to the population, will bring the day the Republic of Moldova will become a member of the European Union closer. The convocation of this forum with the broad participation of European specialists is additional evidence in this regard,” said the rector of “Nicolae Testemițanu” State University of Medicine and Pharmacy Emil Ceban.
For her part, Ala Nemerenco thanked the doctors for their dedication and professionalism, expressing her confidence that thanks to the support of the foreign partners, Moldova’s medical institutions will be modernized and equipped. “We cannot speak about the quality of medical services when we use old equipment in operating rooms and do not have modern diagnostic equipment. I bank a lot on the medical society’s support in what we do at the Ministry of Health. We aim to adjust the protocols, to provide medical equipment, to raise the district hospitals to a new level and this was the goal we set when we initiated the transfer of 31 hospitals under the Ministry of Health,” stated the minister.
“I hope the projects we developed beginning with the health commission of the Parliament of Romania, the crossborder service SMURD, the development of joint relations on medical issues will continue. I assure you that what is good for health will be supported at European level,” said the first deputy chairman of the Public Health Subcommittee of the European Parliament Tudor Ciuhodaru.
The Ambassador of France in Chisinau Graham Paul said that the Government of France supports the development of medical practices in the Republic of Moldova, offering the Moldovan doctors the necessary expertise and the possibility of receiving raining in France. “The first Moldovan-French relations of cooperation in the field of transplant were initiated at the beginning of the 2000s between the Renal Foundation of Moldova and the French Agency of Biomedicine. The first results of this cooperation appeared in 2008, when a new law on transplant was approved in Moldova. In 2010, the Transplant Agency was created in the Republic of Moldova. Since then, the two agencies, together with the Embassy of France, have signed by a partnership agreement every three years. This enables doctors from Moldova to attend training courses on transplantation in France,” stated Graham Paul.
The eighth Congress of Urology, Dialysis and Renal Transplant is staged once in four years and is the most important scientific and practical forum that brings together hundreds of health professionals from Moldova and other countries.
