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The interim chair of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), Marcel Ciolacu, stated on Tuesday that hospitals must be urgently reopened in conditions of safety for chronic patients, schools must be prepared to resume classes in the fall, and Parliament must be a dialogue partner for local authorities, regardless of political colour.

The Ombudsman announced on Friday having requested the Ministry of Health to urgently regulate the situation of admissions to and surgeries at COVID-19 support hospitals.

The Coalition of Romania's Chronically Ill Patient Organisations (COPAC) is sounding the alarm that only emergencies are still admitted to hospitals, calling on the Ministry of Health to take urgent measures "to stop patients' rights being violated." "The Coalition of Romania's Chronically Ill Patient Organisations is sounding the alarm over the continuing situation of patients' rights being vi

Health Minister Nelu Tataru said that as the coronavirus pandemic is controllable at this moment, the COVID-support hospitals will resume their pre-outbreak activity once the number of patients lessens and after the public health directorates conduct an analysis of the situation. "The pandemic is controllable at the moment, but thanks to our cooperation with the population.

Following its measures against the coronavirus outbreak, Turkey is now accepting health tourism patients from countries worldwide.

After accepting patients from 31 countries, Turkey's Health Ministry announced Thursday that people from all countries are eligible.

Nursing staff of state-run hospitals will hold a four-hour work stoppage on Thursday to protest what it described as "divisionary" policies, their union POEDIN said on Wednesday.

Оnly 7 hospitals will fight the coronavirus in Sofia. This decision was reached by the National Operational Headquarters, the directors of the large Sofia hospitals and RHI - Sofia, and was announced by Assoc. Angel Kunchev today in the Council of Ministers. 

Turkey's hospitals are largely expected to return their normal operations and start to receive regular patients as of June 1 in line with the government's plan to ease some of the measures imposed to curb the spread of the coronavirus outbreak.

I was reading a great report in a leading American newspaper about the problems faced by people working in the US health system when the coronavirus pandemic hit the country. I was struck by the account of a nurse who was describing her horror at the sight of patients lying on beds in the corridors.

Greek hospitals are gradually returning to a pre-coronavirus rate of surgeries with some 2,200 operations conducted last week, Deputy Health Minister Vassilis Kontozamanis said on Monday.