Archive Sept. 29, 2009: How we measure up...

 Nate and I were enjoying a delicious salmon dinner at our friends’ home when the discussion came up about blogging. Our friend Emi was discussing his new found hobby of blogging about fatherhood. He advised, “Successful bloggers have weekly if not daily posts.” Emi went on to say that readers soon become bored if they frequent the site and see that there are no new posts... enter my lack of blogging on this site!

If you want to check out our friend Emi’s blog it is:

http://adanlucas.blogspot.com Now only in Romanian but has great pictures of Emi and Brindusa’s baby and will soon be translated into English too!

As changes are in the near future of Hagar Project Romania and many doors are being opened, I want you to be updated ‘contented’ readers not bored with my paltry monthly entries. So, now I will be updating the blog weekly with little cultural tidbits, stories and HPR happenings.

In the news, the tallies are in and do not bode well for Romania’s current healthcare system. Not a surprise to those who receive healthcare from the state run hospitals, Romania has ranked in the bottom of top European sanitary (healthcare) systems.

Romania ranked 32 of 33 European countries in top sanitary systems

de A.C. HotNews.ro

Luni, 28 septembrie 2009, 16:25 English | Regional Europe

The problems of the Romanian medical system are confirmed in the recent European study analyzing 33 European countries taken into account. The Euro Health Consumer Index 2009 is currently at its fifth edition, and was realized by the Health Power House, an organization based in Brussels that works with the aid of the European Commission since 2005.

After Bulgaria, the Romanian medical system was the weakest. This index is calculated depending on several factors:

• on the waiting time for treatments

• on the waiting time for various programs and operations

• on the rights of the patients and their degree of knowledge

• on the IT system existent in hospitals

• on the current medical services

• on the pharmaceutical services

Romania was exceeded in the top by Albania and Montenegro, countries outside the EU. Compared to the 2008 index, Romania lost 5 positions.

Taken from today’s headlines in Romania’s HotNews (www.hotnews.ro)