Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu announced the Government’s support for the expansion of the Marie Curie Hospital through the construction of a new building and the creation of the first pediatric medical campus in Romania, in partnership with the “Dăruiește Viață” Association.
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The Romanian government will provide all support for the construction of a new building at the Marie Curie Hospital and for the creation of the first pediatric medical campus in Romania in this medical unit, said Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu, according to a press release.
The Prime Minister participated today in the signing of the Partnership Agreement between the Children’s Emergency Clinical Hospital “MS Curie” and the Association “Give Life”hosted at the Victoria Palace.
“Congratulations to the “Give Life” Association for the successful project at the Marie Curie Hospital, the construction of a first building! I thank you not as prime minister, but as a Romanian for what you have done and will continue to do!
With the support of the European Union, we are making massive investments in hospital infrastructure, currently estimated at over 3 billion euros. However, in order for these investments to be sustainable, a fundamental change in the management of the health system is needed, including by introducing a component of non-governmental organizations”said Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu.
The object of the Partnership Agreement signed today by the Minister of Health, Alexandru Rafila, the manager of the Children’s Emergency Clinical Hospital “MS Curie”Daniel Buzatu, and Mrs. Carmen Uscatu, president, and Oana Gheorghiu, vice-president, of the Association “Give Life” it represents the collaboration and mutual support for the construction of the second new building at the Marie Curie Hospital and the creation of the first pediatric medical campus in Romania in this medical unit.
“The Ministry of Health will continue to provide all the support to the “Give Life” Association. Collaboration between state authorities and civil society, along with investments, is the right way to improve medical services”emphasized the Minister of Health, Alexandru Rafila.
The conclusion of the agreement was facilitated by the Chancellery of the Prime Minister, through State Councilor Victoria Stoiciu.
What the Partnership Agreement entails
According to the Partnership Agreement, the Association “Give Life” will directly and/or indirectly coordinate, finance and perform project management activities for the construction of the second new building at the Marie Curie Hospital. At the end of the project, the “Dăruiește Viață” Association will hand over to the Marie Curie Hospital the constructions and functional equipment made within the framework of the Partnership Agreement.
The agreement creates the premises for the expansion and modernization of the Marie Curie Hospital in a way that will lead to its transformation into a pediatric medical campus, which will integrate, in one location, the Emergency Clinical Hospital for Children “MSCurie”diagnostic and treatment facilities, medical research centers, modern laboratories, rooms for the training of medical personnel, spaces dedicated to students and residents, as well as spaces for patients and their families.
The Ministry of Health will support the development of the project, taking, within the limits of its attributions, all the necessary steps in order to carry out in the best conditions the activities that are the subject of this agreement.
The agreement represents the continuation of the good collaboration between the Association “Give Life” and Children’s Emergency Clinical Hospital “MSCuria”through which the Association built and equipped with state-of-the-art equipment a first building worth 53 million euros, donated to the hospital “MSCurie”.
The building has already been transferred to the Marie Curie Hospital and integrated into its activity, most of the wards it houses receiving patients since April.
