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Tha an t-seirbheis sl脿inte ann an Rom脿inia air fulang fad iomadh bliadhna le cion airgid. Cha robh e na phr矛omhachas ann an linn nan comannach, is fi霉 's an-diugh tha an t-seirbheis nas miosa dheth na roinn sl脿inte sam bith eile san Aonadh 贰貌谤辫补ch. Nas lugha na dithis dhotair airson gach m矛le duine, letheach an 脿bhaist ann an d霉thchannan an EU. Cosgais air sl脿inte nas 矛sle na d霉thaich sam bith eile san EU cuideachd. Aona eisimpleir de shoirbheachas ged tha, 's e c霉ram HIV/AIDS. Tha an t-seirbheis air cuid a ghlac HIV fichead bliadhna air ais a chumail be貌 gu ruige an-diugh, is tha na h-脿ireamhan de luchd-cleachdaidh dhrogaichean le HIV ann an Rom脿inia gu math nas 矛sle na d霉thchannan eile taobh sear na Roinn Eorpa.

Ged-th脿, tha measgachadh de chion airgid a th' ann co-dhi霉, a bharrachd air gearraidhean de chairteal ann an tuarastail phoblach, a' cur eagal air cuid gu bheil an t-seirbheis a' fulang is gun t猫id an obair a chaidh a dh猫anamh ann an c霉ram AIDS a mhilleadh. Le dotairean a' f脿gail airson p脿igheadh nas fhe脿rr thall tharais, is dragh nach bi daoine comasach p脿igheadh airson leighis nuair a thig sgeama 霉r a-staigh aig toiseach na h-ath bhliadhna, tha Darren Linc a' faighneachd d猫 d矛reach cho fallainn sa tha siostam sl脿inte Rom脿inia.

The Romanian health service has suffered for a number of years from underinvestment. The sector was not prioritised during Communist times, and even today the system is less well funded than any other in the EU. Fewer than 2 doctors per 1000 head of population, half the EU average. The lowest expenditure per head on health in the EU. However, one success story has been the treatment for HIV/AIDS. The service has kept alive many who contracted HIV twenty years ago, and the number of drug users with HIV in Romania is much lower than in other eastern European countries.

However, endemic underinvestment, as well as public sector pay cuts of 25%, have caused many to fear that the health service is suffering and that the work done in AIDS care in the past could be compromised. With doctors emigrating for better pay abroad, and worries that patients won鈥檛 be able to afford a co-payment system due to begin next year, Darren Laing examines the state of Romanian health care.

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