Over 1.4 million professionals in the domain of health were, in 2022 in the European Union who worked as dentists, physiotherapists or pharmacists show the data published by Eurostat on Thursday.According to these figures, the EU member states held 363,162 dentists the respective year. The countries with the highest share of practising dentists compared to the population were: Cyprus (119.4 dentists to 100,000 inhabitants), Bulgaria (115.35) and Romania (114.73 dentists to 100,000 inhabitants) which Greece and Portugal had the highest share of dentists authorized to practise, 133.2 dentists to 100,000 inhabitants, namely 120.6 dentists to 100,000 inhabitants.At the other end, Ireland had the fewest dentists in the EU, 45.1 to 100,000 inhabitants, followed by Malta, 50.8 and Slovakia 54.7.As for physiotherapists, in 2022 there were approximately 626.027 such specialists in the EU. Germany is the first in the EU, with 235.1 physiotherapists to 100,000 inhabitants, followed by Belgium (220.5), the Netherlands (198.1). In contrast, the last in the ranking of the EU is Romania with 14.2 physiotherapists to 100,000 inhabitants, surpassed by Bulgaria (26.8) and Slovakia (41).In the case of pharmacists, for the 26 states for which the data are available, in 2022 there were 418,456 pharmacists. Malta had the highest number of practising pharmacists, with 151.6 to 100,000 inhabitants, followed by Italy (135.6), Belgium (132.5) and Romania with almost 120 pharmacists to 100,000 inhabitants.At the other end, the Netherlands had the fewest pharmacists to 100,000 inhabitants, 21.9 followed by Denmark (58.1) and Germany (67.3). In 2022, in the EU there were 14,306 graduates from dentist schools and 20,806 graduates from pharmacy faculties.In absolute figures, Romania was the second in the EU according to the number of graduates of dentist schools with 1,878 graduates, being surpassed only by Germany with 2,504 graduates. Compared to the total number of inhabitants, Romania is the leader in the EU with 9.9 graduates of dentist schools to 100,000 inhabitants.
The People's Salvation Cathedral in Bucharest, a titanic building which has been under construction for the last 15 years, is a month away from inauguration, and the Church has released the first images of its interior. From the photos, it can be seen that some scaffolding is still placed along the walls, as work is […]
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Romanian president Nicușor Dan had a meeting at the Cotroceni Palace with representatives of the French aeronautics and defense giant Airbus, to discuss the reenergizing of the national defense industry. During the meeting, Dan noted that Romania must play an active role in European partnerships, and that this is both an opportunity and a responsibility. […]
Romania’s largest ongoing real estate projects are being built on former industrial platforms, with Bucharest leading the way in urban regeneration and other major cities across the country following suit, according to a new report by Cushman & Wakefield Echinox. The capital remains the most active hub for industrial site conversions due to the scale […]
Prosecutors from the Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) are carrying out investigations for terrorism in the case regarding the threatening messages sent to schools and medical units across Romania on September 23 and 24. According to Romanian law, the threat of carrying out acts of terrorism is punished with 2 to 7 […]
