Private medical-sanitary institutions will not be able to activate within public institutions

The medical-sanitary and pharmaceutical institutions will not be able to activate anymore within the public institutions of this type. The parliament passed on Thursday, June 15, in first reading a draft law on this issue, amending the Law on Health Protection. The draft law generated long-lasting debates in the Parliament and was criticized by the opposition. The deputy minister of Health and Social Protection, Boris Golovin, explained the necessity of these provisions by the fact that the activity in common places of the public and private institutions affects them both. He justified it through cases when a doctor works simultaneous in the both institutions, fact that affects the quality of the services offered to the population. The project was backed up by the communist MPs, but was severly criticized by the opposition. When attempting to find out about those cases when the activity within one single institution affects the quality of medical services, the deputy minister could not give any answer to this question. MP, Vlad Cubreacov declared that this issue requires a special approach and must not be generalized. The same viewpoint was shared by Valentin Holban, who asked, each case to be examined separately. MP, Alexandru Oleinic said that by this initiative, that he considers unconstitutional, is aimed to destroy the private medical field. Although the opposition MPs proposed rejecting the draft law, it was approved in first reading due to the votes of communist MPs.