As a result of the European recession,[4] the executive has decided to shut down 67 hospitals nationwide.[5]
Classification
In Romania, each hospital is assigned to a certain city, town, region or medical university.[6]
A dispensary (dispensar in Romanian) is common out in the countryside. They do not have the facilities or labor power of a hospital, but some famous dispensaries appear in the list below.
A town hospital (spital orășenesc in Romanian) is a hospital where residents of a particular town are being admitted into. Such hospitals are able to sustain most medical emergencies and common surgeries.
A municipal hospital (spital municipal in Romanian) is a hospital where residents of a particular municipality are being admitted into. Such hospitals usually have a greater bed capacity than a town hospital.
A county hospital (spital județean in Romanian) is a hospital where citizens from all over the county are being brought in. If the procedure cannot be performed into a town hospital, the patients are being admitted in a hospital as such. This kind of hospital has a wide range of departments and a high bedding capacity.[citation needed]
A university hospital (spital universitar in Romanian) is a hospital ascribed[clarification needed] to a medical university. Such hospitals have a state-of-the-art medical technologies and tend to perform experimental operations.
A sanatorium (sanatoriu in Romanian) is a recovery facility where patients with a chronic disease are being admitted into shortly before treatment.
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