List of hospitals in Romania

The list below is a database that contains hospitals in Romania. All public hospitals receive funding from the Ministry of Health. Romania has a universal healthcare system, hence all public hospitals are charge-free and available to each citizen of the European Union. There are 425 operational hospitals across the country.^[1][2] At the moment, there are 6.2 hospital beds available per 1000 citizens.^[3]

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.

A university hospital (spital universitar in Romanian) is a hospital ascribed 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.

A private hospital is a hospital that only operates with people that own a private medical insurance. Such hospitals have a closed circuit network and differ from the public hospitals.

Active hospitals

This list has been created with information provided by the Romanian Ministry of Health.^[7][8]

References