Romania empties of its living forces

In Buscarest

Romanian emigration increased by 287% between 1990 and 2017, according to the report on migration and the brain drain, published in October 2019 by the World Bank. According to the same report, more than 27% of Romanian workers with university specializations lived outside the country in 2017. And the exodus continues.

For Sorin Ionita, an analyst at the think tank Expert Forum, it is " especially the exodus of health professionals that is worrying. Because remuneration is not the only motivation for their departures. Young doctors are leaving - certainly to acquire new skills - but above all to flee a feudal Romanian hospital system, with a caste of about 250 bosses, real “gurus”, with support in the political world, who control resources and decide everything ”.

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