Group of Moldovan physicians awarded honorary diplomas of government
15:45 | 05.04.2019 Category: Official
Chisinau, 5 April /MOLDPRES/ - Fifteen medical system employees today were awarded the highest distinction of the cabinet – the Honorary Diploma of the Government, on the occasion of the World Health Day, the government’s communication and protocol department has reported.
Prime Minister Pavel Filip thanked the health sector employees for professionalism and devotion. “You have embraced a noble profession, yet also quite responsible. You are the ones who are on the guard of the most precious thing of a nation – the health. A healthy nation means in continuation also a developed country,” Pavel Filip said.
Among the persons awarded the Government’s Diploma, there are specialists of various fields: practitioners, heads of medical institutions, teachers, as well as family physicians, who started exercising the independent practice on 1 January. “I am sure that the reform of the primary medical assistance will solve the problem we have in Moldova at present – the lack of family physicians,” the prime minister said.
The PM stressed that the governmental team would further supervise the implementation of the reforms in the health sector, so that they bring benefits to people, either it is about the public health or primary medical assistance, hospital or emergency assistance.
The prime minister noted that he was bearing special respect for the profession of physician, including for a personal reason. “I should recognize that my mother wanted very much me to become a doctor; I disappointed her by choosing the profession of engineer and this way led me by just where I am; instead, I am happy that I have occasion to offer you thanks and congratulations for the work you carry out,” Pavel Filip added.
For their part, the health sector employees thanked the prime minister for appreciation. They voiced confidence that they would together carry through the reforms underway, thus contributing to the improvement of the health system and of the quality of medical services.
