Romanian healthcare sector strike enters third day, PM condemns “disinformation”

30 July 2026 The strike in the Romanian healthcare sector entered its third day on Thursday, July 30, and union representatives warned that street protests will follow if the government does not offer them additional guarantees that the planned Wage Law will not cut any income in the system. Government representatives, on the other hand, said that the protest was politically manipulated and assured that no income will decrease, as per the text of the law. Staff at two hospitals in Bucharest, the “Bagdasar-Arseni” Emergency Clinical Hospital and the “Floreasca” Emergency Clinical Hospital, argued for Digi24 that the reduction of bonuses will affect employees’ monthly incomes. The head of the ICU Department at the “Floreasca” Hospital, Radu Țincu, explained that the difference between salary