Ritli Ladislau possible future Minister of Health

The subsidiary UDMR Bihor has recommended Dr. Ritli Ladislau for the position of minister of health, according to the editor of Radio Romania Actualităţi, Bogdan Isopescu.

Currently, Ritli Ladislau works as medical manager at the County Hospital of Oradea.
The UDMR Bihor deputy Peter Lakatos stated that the proposal was not final, because PDL and UDMR should discuss and solve the problems that had led to the resignation of the former minister.

According to Peter Lakatos, the leaders of both parties, Boc and Kelemen Hunor, will discuss about the funding of the system and the relationship between the Ministry of Health and the National Health Insurance House, two problems that have led to the resignation of the former minister.

The PDL representatives confirmed that the coalition made ​​an analysis of the relationship between the National Health Insurance House and the Ministry of Health.
Emil Boc stated that the nominalisation of the future minister was not one of the topics they discussed.

Profile of Ritli Ladislau

Ritli Ladislau was born in Oradea, on 8 June 1948 and graduated from the Faculty of Medicine of Timişoara in 1973 as head of promotion.

Ritli Ladislau was the manager of the Territorial City Hospital in Ștei between1978 and 1986, then health department medical inspector until 1990 when he became an assistant manager of the Children's Hospital of Oradea.

Between 1997 and 2009 he led the Public Health Department of Bihor County.

Ladislau Ritli is specialised in pediatrics, oncology and hematology and is an associate professor at the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy at the University of Oradea.

Since 2010 he has been the medical manager of the County Hospital Dr. Gabriel Curteanu of Oradea.

The Minister Attila Cseke announced on Thursday his resignation from office, dissatisfied with the money that the ministry of health received after the budget was last amended without asking his opinion. He added that during his mandate he had several disputes with the representatives of the Ministry of Finance.

According to a government press release Attila Cseke will be minister of health for another 15 days.

Attila Cseke was nominated by UDMR for the position of Minister of Health on 18 December 2009.

Translated by: Denisse-Meda Bucura
MA Student, MTTLC, Bucharest University