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The Minister of Health requests estimates regarding the budget and the number of employees needed in hospitals and ambulance services

Raluca Ioana Draghici

27 October 2026, 20:58

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Health Minister Alexandru Rogobete has asked hospital and emergency service managers to submit their financial needs through the end of the year, following a videoconference focused on critical situations in the healthcare system. The request comes amid financial blockages and pressure on medical facilities.

Managers must provide the amounts needed to pay salaries and purchase medicines and medical supplies. They will also report the status of approved, filled, advertised and vacant positions for each professional category. The ministry has also requested data on the number of new ambulances received in each county, as well as information on the operational capacity of the services.

Rogobete said budgetary decisions made in recent months had increased pressure on the system, and that the priority was to stabilize medical structures and quickly identify risks that could affect patients.

Last week, funding for ambulance services and emergency departments was increased by 150 million lei. According to the minister, the measure eased immediate pressure but does not represent a permanent solution. The next step is to determine the actual needs for the final months of the year and direct resources to facilities at risk of becoming unable to operate.

Context: the financial crisis in healthcare escalated after unpaid bills, the resignation of the CNAS leadership and calls for money from the Reserve Fund

A few days earlier, Alexandru Rogobete warned that the medical sector needed approximately 11.5 billion lei to pay outstanding bills and close out the year, stating that there were unpaid bills dating back to July, especially in the area managed by the National Health Insurance House (CNAS). He said that, of this total, the Ministry of Health was requesting 1.2 billion lei, with the remainder to be allocated to CNAS, and that the situation had affected programs such as those for oncology, diabetes and cardiovascular diseases, amid the resignation of Horațiu Moldovan from the leadership of CNAS.

Earlier as well, Rogobete asked the Government for emergency allocations from the Reserve Fund, arguing that hospitals and ambulance services risked collapsing: some had allegedly been left with medical supplies only until the end of the month, while 17 county ambulance services had allegedly been left without funds for fuel. He also mentioned specific cases, including the warning concerning the “C.C. Iliescu” Institute in Bucharest, where elective surgeries were expected to be suspended in order to treat only emergencies until supplies ran out.