BUCHAREST, January 17, 2012 (WAFA) – The Romanian Undersecretary of State with the Ministry of Health (MS), Raed Arafat, will return to his position, said the Prime Minister of Romania, Emil Boc, Tuesday reported the Romanian National News Agency (AGERPRES).
Arafat made the decision to return to the Ministry of Health after he held talks on Tuesday with Boc, the Romanian President, Traian Basescu, and the Minister of Health, Ritli Ladislau. Both sides wanted the decision, said Boc.
He added that Arafat will be one of the members of the team that will work on the new health law.
“Arafat is the same expert and professional in the field that made him famous and will work on the new field of the health law included. He will be one of the members of the team to draw up the new law referring to health,” added Boc.
He made it clear that Andrei Georgescu, who had been appointed Undersecretary of State to replace Raed Arafat, would again fill the position of head of the Casualty Department of the Emergency University Hospital in Bucharest.
Basescu said that if Arafat had a point of view different from the one of the relevant minister, then “either the Minister or the Secretary of State must leave.”
The Romanian public hit the streets in several Romanian cities in the following days to protest the matter.
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