Most elective procedures in Romania are priced
beyond the reach of ordinary Romanians. However, when
you compare to costs in other NATO or EU countries,
Romania is extremely attractive to those requiring a
tummy tuck, eyelid lift or major dental care.
Amusingly enough, some tour companies package a tour
of Dracula's castle with liposuction surgery. Blood
sucker meets fat sucker, so to speak. In any case, the
whole tour, surgery, transportation and guides included
will generally cost less than the procedure alone would
have cost almost anywhere else. Elective surgeries are,
after all, rarely included fully in even the most
generous HMO plans or national health care programs.
Romania's World-Class Healthcare
Yes, in some areas, Romania really is on the "cutting
edge" in a few areas, thanks to the importation of both
equipment and trained staff. It would seem that Romania
certainly does a good business in plastic surgery,
dental care, some ophthalmology and other aesthetic
fields of medicine.
Romania pioneered much of the field of gerontology,
and treatments for aging are at the least well-developed
and popular.
Romania's Medical Pioneers
Two Babeş in the Woods
Aurel Babeş is a Romanian
scientist and one of the discoverers of the vaginal
smear as screening test for cervical cancer. Although
Georgios Papanikolaou is generally credited with the
invention of the screening test, Dr. Aurel
Babeş pioneered the cytological
diagnosis of cervical cancer. Babeş's
1927 work, however, was published in the Proceedings of
the Bucharest Gynaecological Society.
Victor Babeş
A rather talented fellow, a
guiding light in the early field of microbiology
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Uncle Victor Babeş is more
widely known than his nephew, as a Romanian biologist
and one of the earliest bacteriologists.
Babeş is one of the founders of modern science of
microbiology. He has made early and very significant
contributions to the study of rabies, leprosy,
diphtheria, tuberculosis and other infectious diseases.
In 1885 he discovered a parasitic sporozoan of the
ticks that was named Babesia (of the genus Babesiidae)
after him, and which causes a rare and severe disease
called babesiosis. In the same year, he publishes the
first treaty of bacteriology in the world, "Bacteria and
their role in the histopathology of infectious
diseases", which he co-authored with A.V.Cornil.
His scientific endeavours were wide-ranging. He was
the first to demonstrate the presence of tuberculous
bacilli in the urine of infected patients. He also
discovers cellular inclusions in rabies-infected nerve
cells. These have diagnostic value, and will be named
after him (Babeş-Negri bodies).
He was one of the founders of serum therapy, and was
the first to introduce antirabic vaccination in
Romania. His work also had a strong influence upon
veterinary medicine, especially concerning prophylaxis
and serum therapy.
He became a professor of Pathology and Bacteriology
at the University of Medicine in Bucharest. He also
became a member of the Romanian Academy (in 1893), of
the Paris Académie de Médicine and an officer of the
French Légion d'honneur.
The Medicine Man
Iuliu Barasch (1815–1863) was a Ukrainian-born
Jewish physician and writer who made his career in
Romania. Born at Brody, he moved to Bucharest, and was
an ardent Romanian patriot. A friend of C.A. Rosetti and
Ion Heliade Rădulescu, he became a professor at
Bucharest's School of Medicine and Pharmacy. He was a
popularizer of medical science and of natural science in
general. In 1856–1859 he edited a journal Isus sau
Natura (Jesus or Nature).
He is memorialized in Bucharest's historically
Jewish Văcăreşti neighborhood: the Baraşeum Theater, now
home to the State Jewish Theater; the adjoining Baraşeum
clinic; and the street that runs in front of the
theater, formerly Ionescu de la Brad, now str. Dr. Iuliu
Barasch.
Charles Davila
The Charles Davila (Carol Davila) School of
Medicine and Pharmacy in Bucharest
One of the premier
institutions, pumping out the elite of Romania's
Medical community, Carol is commemorated by a
statue at the entrance.
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Carol Davila University of
Medicine and Pharmacy is a state-run health
sciences university in Bucharest, Romania.
It is comprised of three
major colleges: Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of
Dentistry and Faculty of Pharmacy. It is the
largest institution of its kind in Romania. The
University uses the facilities of over 20
Bucharest clinical hospitals.
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Carol Davila (1828–1884) was a famous Romanian
physician of French ancestry, starting from humble
beginnings, most probably as an abandoned child, and the
surname Davila was bestowed on him by his adoptive
family.
He was the organizer of the military medical service
and of the public health system. Davila, together with
Nicolae Kretzulescu, inaugurated medical instruction in
Romania in 1857 by founding the National School of
Medicine and Pharmacy. It was he who had determined
government authorities to issue the first official
instructions concerning the health care of factory
workers and the organisation of medical districts in the
country.
He is also credited with the invention of the
"Davila tincture" for the treatment of cholera patients,
an opioid-based oral solution useful for symptomatic
management of diarrhoea.
Others
Ioan Cantacuzino (1863-1934) was a renowned Romanian
physician and bacteriologist.
Iuliu Hatieganu (1885-1972) was an eminent Romanian
clinician, physician, and activist. He is especially
famed for his research into Tuberculosis.
Nicolae Cajal (October 1, 1919, Bucharest- April 8,
2004) was a Romanian Jewish physician with a PhD in
virology. He was President of the Jewish Communities'
Federation of Romania from 1994 to his death.
Nicolae Creţulescu was a Romanian politician and a
physician. He studied medicine at Paris having Gustave
Flaubert as a colleague. As a medic his notable work was
the translation of the Cruveilhier Anatomy Book. He
served three terms as Prime Minister of Romania: from
1862 to 1863, again from 1865 to 1866, and finally in
1867.
Ştefan Odobleja (1902 - 1978) was a Romanian
scientist, one of the precursors of cybernetics. His
major work, Psychologie consonantiste, first published
in 1938 and 1939, in Paris, had established many of the
major themes of cybernetics regarding cybernetics and
systems thinking ten years before the work of Norbert
Wiener was published (1948).
Ioan Puşcaş is a world-famous gastroenterologist,
born in Şimleu Silvaniei, Romania. In the 1970s, he
proposed the use of carbonic anhydrase (CA) inhibitor
acetazolamide to heal peptic ulcers.
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