Minister of Health, Labor and Social Protection Ala Nemerenko announced that the nationwide campaign “A doctor for you” will be stopped as of June 25. The minister wrote on Facebook that instead of building a solid health system for all the citizens, the Ministry of Heath played the “a doctor for you game” while large amounts of money from healthcare were being directed to other pockets.
Ala Nemerenko noted she wants the resources to stop being misused. She undertook to end an electoral campaign that was abandoned by those who initiated it. “I asked the residents who came together in front of the Ministry to be sent to wander through the country to return to their workplaces and apologized to them. Let’s end politics in medicine once and for all,” the minister stated, being quoted by IPN.
The campaign “A doctor for you” was launched last August. The then Prime Minister Pavel Filip said tens of doctors will go to village to provide free services to people as part of this campaign. “Healthcare is a priority for us. One of the problems faced by the people is the lack of doctors in villages. I want to assure you that the Government knows what it has to do to fix this problem,” stated Pavel Filip, arguing the necessity of the project.
