Romanian government unblocks nearly 7,000 positions in public healthcare system to ease strike

29 July 2026 The Romanian executive unblocked more than 6,850 positions in the public healthcare system through a memorandum published on Tuesday, July 28, amid a general strike in the healthcare system that is still ongoing. The positions will be distributed as follows: 6,452 positions for hospitals financed from the National Single Health Insurance Fund (FNUASS) and 398 positions for County Ambulance Services (SAJ). Around 2,000 positions overall will go to county capital hospitals to relieve pressure on existing staff. The largest share of the unblocked positions is among nurses and auxiliary staff, categories essential to the functioning of hospitals and ambulance services, the Ministry of Health showed. The complete structure of the unblocked positions is as follows: 2,593 positions f