They claim the oncology medications are granted preferentially..
Age or the sickness’ stage are most of the time selection criteria and in many cases, MDS are faced with deciding who lives and who dies.
Although Romania ranks first depending on death rate caused by cancer , the funding assigned by the Health Ministry for the national oncology program are six or seven times lower than those of other European Union states.
A Romanian patient receives EUR200 from the state for treatment whereas a EU patient gets some EUR1,300. Tens of cancer afflicted people in Romania protested yesterday in front of the building of the Ministry of Health for not having access to oncology treatments