The Minister of Health, Alexandru Rogobete, announced on Friday, June 27, 2025, that, this week, PNRR payments of over 200 million lei were approved, and in July 500 million follow for “”Reducing nosocomial infections, modernizing ATI sections for newborns and construction of new hospitals ”.
Alexandru Rogobete/ Photo: Mediafax/ Adelina Sariosi
“We continue the investments through the PNRR that transform the health system in Romania.
This week I approved payments of over 200 million lei, and in July there are 500 million. We finance projects to reduce nosocomial infections, modernize ATI sections for newborns and construction of new hospitals.
Next week I will have working meetings with entrepreneurs and beneficiaries involved in the projects of construction of new hospitals, to identify concrete solutions to accelerate investments. It is essential to overcome bureaucratic blockages and to advance quickly with these projects that will change the medical system for the better.
We support reforms that increase the safety and quality of medical care. As a Minister of Health, I advocate no chronic patient to suffer and his income is affected. Health is a right, not a privilege ”, transmitted rogobete on social networks.
Regarding the PNRR funds, President Nicușor Dan discussed on June 26 with the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen about the issue of cheap loans offered by PNRR, which Romania risks losing, as the president warned, on Wednesday, June 25, when he stressed that the delay in implementing the projects.
“There is this risk to lose some loans that are cheaper than the money with which the Romanian state borrows for other things“, Nicușor Dan, on Wednesday, in The Hague, explained that out of the approximately 13 billion euros allocated to Romania in the form of loans through the National Plan of Resilization and Resilice (PNRR), a part could be lost “Because of the delays”.
