An experienced doctor who has a good reputation and works in a private clinic or hospital earns approximately 5,000-8,000 euros per month, and may under exceptional circumstances earn as much as a net amount of over 20,000 euros per month.
"There are at least 20 doctors in Bucharest that earn more than 20,000 euros per month. This is made possible by the fact that very good doctors get a cut of the revenues," says Cristian Sas, head of the Polisano clinic for Bucharest, held by the medical service operator by the same name, whose total revenues reached 5 million euros a year.
At the same time, a young doctor who is just starting his or her career earns 500 - 1,000 euros in net amount per month. "The best-paid specialties are those that generate volumes, like cardiology, gynaecology, or otorhinolaryngology," says Sas.
Doris Carmen Andronescu, general manager of Sanador medical centre says that surgical specialties are very well paid, as are the doctors working in medical imaging. "There are doctors who constantly earn more than 200 - 300 million ROL (5,500 - 8,100 euros i.e.) in net amount per month," Polisano's manager adds.
Salary-wise, the gap between the private and the public system is huge: a state-paid doctor earns several hundred euros a month and the salary of a resident very rarely exceeds 300 euros per month.
Approximately 50,000 doctors work in the Romanian health care system, but there is no data on the number of doctors working in the private sector. "The number of doctors that see patients in private centres is in the range of thousands, but quite few of them work exclusively for private institutions," says Mircea Cinteza, chairman of the College of Medical Doctors.
Moreover, many doctors who work in private clinics can earn even more than the managers of those institutions themselves. Daniela Necefor, managing p
