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Oct 31, 2024, 05:42

OncoInfluencers to Follow on Social Media: Dr. Carmen Uscatu

We’re pleased to feature Dr. Carmen Uscatu, a trailblazer in healthcare transformation and pediatric oncology care in Romania, as our next oncoinfluencer.

About Dr. Carmen Uscatu

Carmen is the President and co-founder of Dăruiește Viață / Give Life, one of the most well known NGOs in Romania and the NGO that has started and has implemented the initiative #WeBuildAHospital – building a children’s Hospital for scratch, exclusively from donations and sponsorships, a Hospital dedicated to ensuring multidisciplinary care to children with severe diseases, with a focus on cancer. She started volunteering in her free time before founding Dăruiește Viață, in 2012, with the purpose of drastically changing the way medical care is provided in Romania.

By the end of 2023, Dăruiește Viață had invested over 76M EUR in the public health system, implementing infrastructure projects, donating medical equipments, supporting patients and medical staff. The Hospital built in Bucharest is currently functional, treating children in the following specialties: oncology, neurosurgery, surgery, ICU and operating theatre with 5 operating rooms. In addition, the Hospital will include in the near future a transplant department and a radiotherapy department. Besides the Hospital, Dăruiește Viață has modernised and brought to nowadays standards oncology departments for children and adults in 8 hospitals across the country, has built 20 clean rooms thus tripling Romania’s transplant capacity, has built and equipped two laboratories for in-depth diagnosis of leukemia, has built two modular ICU hospitals during the pandemic and has donated over 17 tons of PPE. The Hospital project continues with the NGO planning to develop the project into the first pediatric medical campus in Romania.

Dr. Uscatu actively shares insights from her transformative work in healthcare reform, pediatric oncology care, and public health on LinkedIn. Her posts cover critical topics such as building modern healthcare infrastructure in Romania, supporting patients and healthcare workers, and creating sustainable, donation-funded solutions to improve care for children with severe illnesses, particularly cancer.

Follow Dr. Carmen Uscatu on LinkedIn to stay informed about her impactful work and her contributions to the future of healthcare in Romania.

Stay tuned for more OncoInfluencers and check out previous profiles on our website to discover other influential voices in the oncology community.