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A family doctor's office in a health centre: on a wooden desk, a stethoscope, a blood-pressure monitor and an open medical chart, next to a bright window; a white cabinet with medical supplies in the background, in white and blue tones.
EDUCATION & HEALTH

What you can get for free from your family doctor in Ungheni: cancer screening, vaccines, TB checks

On 23 July, the director of the Ungheni Health Centre presented the district council with a mid-year report on primary healthcare for the first half of 2026. Beyond the report-style language, the five „priority directions” are, in fact, a list of prevention services any Ungheni resident can request for free — from the cervical cancer test to vaccines and tuberculosis screening. We explain what each one is, who is entitled to it, what is free and how to reach it through your family doctor — and why, in an ageing district where seven in ten people die of heart disease and cancer, prevention matters here more than the average.

Ion Calmis·25 July 2026· Explainer
A family doctor in a white coat works at a new laptop bearing an Interreg sticker, next to a printer, in a consulting room at the Ungheni Health Centre.
EDUCATION & HEALTH

A Romania–Moldova project equips 15 family doctors in Ungheni with laptops. The real stake isn't the devices, but catching the «silent» cancers early

Fifteen family doctors in the Ungheni district have received laptops and printers through «PREVENT», a cross-border project funded by the European Union, in partnership with the city of Iași and the «Grigore T. Popa» University of Medicine. The equipment is the visible part; the stated goal is another — to shift family medicine from treating disease to preventing it, with a focus on the cancers that don't hurt until it is too late: cervical, breast and colon. The project, worth about 415,000 euros, runs until April 2027.

Ion Calmis·26 June 2026· Explainer
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Illustration: a volleyball player hits the ball at the net in a bright sports hall, with spectators in the stands.
EDUCATION & HEALTH

The «Hippocrates Cup» returns to Ungheni: a second women's volleyball tournament honouring medics

On Sunday, 21 June, on Medical Worker's Day, the Ungheni Sports School hosts the second edition of the «Hippocrates Cup» women's volleyball tournament — a contest launched last year by the Ungheni Health Centre with four teams and now billed as «republican». Behind the celebration, though, lies a harsher reality: over eight years the district has lost 26 doctors and 94 nurses, and the district hospital has 25 vacant doctor posts.

Ion Calmis·17 June 2026· News