A report by the National Health Insurance Fund shows an increase in the number of sick leave in 2023 compared to 2018, especially in the cases of oncology, orthopedic surgery, neurology, medical rehabilitation and cardiology, government spokesman Mihai Kostyantyn said on Thursday. .

“A report has arrived, the president of the National Health Insurance Company (CNAS) Adela Kozhan has been invited to a government meeting to compare the number of sick leave before and after the pandemic. Based on the years 2018 and 2023, the report notes an increase in medical leave, particularly in oncology, orthopedic surgery, neurology, medical rehabilitation and cardiology. One of the reasons for these increases is not significant, but I would like to remind (…) that from this year a special law gives the right to medical assistance even to those who provide parental assistance to chronically ill people or guardians. leave. This is one of the reasons that led to an increase in this number,” MihaiKonstantin said after the meeting of the Čolak Cabinet.

When asked about “unfair medical leave”, Mihai Konstantin answered: “In order to arrive at this statement, “unfair medical leave”, an investigation must be carried out, and we can take into account the results. There is interest, an additional burden on the Chamber’s budget in terms of sick leave has been identified, and the problem is being studied, but we are not yet at the stage when we can state that these sick leaves, as you said, have been taken. “

Regarding the possible change of the president of the National Health Insurance, Adela Koyan, the spokesperson of the Government said: “I saw the president of the National Health Insurance, Ms. Koyan, today at the government meeting. The president of the chamber has not changed yet.”

Mihai Konstantin noted that we want to make the spending of funds from the CNAS budget more efficient for the benefit of patients: “What exactly does the reform mean? Therefore, I believe that a decision must be made. This is an ongoing process, which the Prime Minister publicly announced some time ago, about a week ago. (…) We all believe that we want to fund health services sufficiently so that Romanians feel that they are protected when they need these services,” the government spokesman added.

He added that the possible firing of some employees “is not an end in itself”: “I can tell you about the layoffs right now that it is not an end in itself. It is desirable to achieve the result, efficiency, as I described earlier, and the path to this is clear: everyone must do it, all the institutions responsible for it: the Ministry of Health, the chamber itself, on its own, and the executive will approve or reject the final plan , which will be offered to her,” Kostyantyn explained.