News about Health care
Patients in several European countries are facing unprecedented waiting times for medical care, according to a major Euronews Health analysis based on fresh OECD data. In some categories of planned treatment, they reach almost two years. Unlike many European countries, the Moldovan legislation does not have a clear regulation strictly limiting the maximum waiting time for planned services. And they are still deliberately shorter.
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has published updated data on poverty measurement according to a new methodology, according to which last year’s figures look much better than those presented earlier. Both monetary and non-monetary poverty, according to the NBS, are retreating, but not losing ground in Moldova.
Children and young people under the age of 25 with type 1 diabetes will have access to sensors for continuous glucose monitoring, which will be reimbursed from mandatory health insurance funds.
By 2050, more people will die each year from superbacteria than from cancer. According to Japanese pharmaceutical experts, antibiotic resistance is a “serious threat” to our health and economy.
The number of children in Moldova (from 0 to 17 years old) in 2025 amounted to 553 thousand people, or 23.2% of the population. At the same time, the birth rate continues to decline: during 2025, 22.1 thousand newborn children were registered, which is 6.6% less than a year earlier.
The Medical College of the Latvian State University provides therapeutic massage and underwater body massage to patients.
The Pulmonology Department of the Pediatric Clinic of the Institute of Mother and Child was completely renovated within a modernization project worth more than 5 million lei. The new infrastructure will ensure European treatment conditions for young patients and an optimal working environment for the medical staff.
Remote purchase of medicines will become legal in the Republic of Moldova. The bill, signed by MPs Adrian Beli and Anna Oglinde, proposes to establish a legal framework for the conduct of pharmaceutical activities through information society services, officially paving the way for the emergence of online pharmacies.
Patients and medical staff of 10 medical institutions in Chisinau and Balti will benefit from improved conditions and energy efficiency of buildings. Today the Government approved the signing of a grant agreement between the Republic of Moldova, the European Investment Bank and the Joint Unit for the Implementation and Monitoring of Energy Projects for the implementation of the project “Energy Efficiency in the Republic of Moldova”.
An external audit revealed that more than half of the citizens obliged to self-insure do not purchase a medical policy. At the end of last year, 133 thousand people paid the insurance contribution under the compulsory health insurance (CHI) program in the prescribed amount, totaling 363.5 million lei, while more than 142 thousand people did not contribute to the CHI system. The losses incurred by the medical funds are estimated by the Court of Accounts at about 187 million lei.
The authorities propose to expand the scope of regulation of particle gas pedals and sources of ionizing radiation. In this regard, Adrian Bely, chairman of the parliamentary commission for social protection, health care and family, proposed amendments to the Law on the Safe Execution of Nuclear and Radiological Activities.
Last week, three outbreaks of animal diseases were registered in Moldova: one case of African swine fever in wild boars (in Cioara, Hincesti) and two cases of dog rabies (in Nisporeni and in Valcinet, Calarasi).
In the ranking of the most prosperous countries in the world, 30 out of 40 places belong to European countries. The top five world leaders are Norway, Iceland, Denmark, Sweden and Ireland.
The problem of torture in Moldova is no longer of a mass character, and the detected cases have become mostly isolated. This was stated by Victor Furtune, Chief Prosecutor of the Prosecutor’s Office for Combating Organized Crime and Special Cases (PCCOCS),
The government did not support the draft law on amendments to the Criminal Code in the area of combating drug trafficking and consumption. The document envisioned a significant increase in penalties, including longer prison terms and the introduction of life imprisonment for aggravated forms of crime.
Heavy rainfall provoked an emergency situation in Calarasi district. In the village of Hîrzauca, a local dam broke, causing a sharp rise in the water level. The formed powerful stream is moving towards the village of Palanca. The authorities warn of a real threat of flooding in the villages of Myndra and Leordoaja.
The suicide of a 15-year-old girl in the center of the capital has shaken society, exposing the acute problem of teenage psychological crises and the ineffectiveness of state support mechanisms.
More than 74 thousand inhabitants of settlements on the left bank of the Nistru river are registered in the national system of compulsory health insurance. Of these, more than 61 thousand are insured by the Moldovan government. The data were presented by the Director General of the National Health Insurance Company (NHIC) Ion Dodon.
Moldova has one of the lowest rates of drug use among adolescents in Europe. Nevertheless, the scale of illicit trafficking and distribution of narcotic substances is of growing concern to Vasile Coroi, People’s Advocate for Children’s Rights.
The National Agency of Public Health (ANPH) reported four more cases of Q fever in Moldova. The cases were reported in Chisinau municipality and in the districts of Criuleni, Calarasi and Causeni.
