Health minister Alexandru Rafila stated on Friday that cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases are the main cause of illness, morbidity and mortality in Romania.
“The strategy for cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases was launched last year in Cluj. It is a sectoral strategy, which is also integrated in the national strategy 2023-2030. Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases are the main cause of illness, morbidity and mortality in Romania. They also cause most disabilities. The success that was achieved several years ago, when the myocardial infarction treatment programme was introduced in Romanian hospitals, which greatly reduced the mortality and work incapacity of people suffering a heart attack, must be replicated in the field of cerebrovascular diseases. This is why the two professional societies and therefore the specialist committees of the Ministry of Health, neurology and cardiology, are working together, and with other specialties, of course”, Rafila said at the Palace of Parliament.
The Health minister also said that the National Strategy for Combating Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Diseases will be finalized this year and a timetable for implementation will be drawn up, reports Agerpres.
In comparison, heart disease is the leading cause of death for men, women, and people of most racial and ethnic groups in the United States and has been so since 1950. One person dies every 34 seconds in the United States from cardiovascular disease.
