Patriciu Achimas-Cadariu

Medical Director of the Oncology Institute in Cluj Napoca (IOCN) Patriciu Achimas-Cadariu talked about the high incidence of cervical cancer in Romania at the World Health Summit 2019, the most important forum worldwide in terms of health policies.

President Klaus Iohannis paid a visit on Sunday to the Oncological Institute of Cluj-Napoca (IOCN) and he was particularly interested in the patient care methods and the research within the medical unit.

President Iohannis' visit to the IOCN lasted approximately 35 minutes and he didn't want to make any press statement.

Prosecutors from the High Court of Cassation and Justice announced on Wednesday that they have launched an investigation into the alleged purchase of substandard hospital disinfectants.

They said they were probing "the criminal offences of the obstruction of disease control and of the forgery and substitution of food or other products".

Parents and relatives of over 40 children diagnosed with a severe digestive infection plan to sue the Romanian state, claiming the authorities are to blame for the deaths of three of them. Nine others are still hospitalised.