Romanian hospitals in crisis as emigration takes its toll

Thousands of doctors and nurses have left Romania in past decade, leading to dire staff shortagesGabriela Dumitru was supposed to retire years ago, but instead, she’s working longer hours than ever before. The 65-year-old is one half of a team of two doctors at the neonatology ward in Slobozia, a depressed town about two hours’ drive from Romania’s capital, Bucharest.Dumitru works three or four 24-hour shifts a week, catching an hour of sleep where possible on a sofa in a small