Instead, they were looking at Romania's health care system, and what they revealed was decades of deep-rooted corruption, a heavily politicized system scarily lacking in care. I couldn’t believe the level of corruption in our health care system,” said Ursuleanu. If it wins an Oscar, it will be the first Romanian film in history to do so. The doctors, the minister of health at the time, and the health care officials at the top of that manipulation should face trials," Nanau said. Decades of systemic corruption and widespread apathy in Romania's health care system created many difficult-to-watch scenes in “Collective.” In one case, video footage provided by a whistleblower revealed maggots crawling over a burn victim's open wound.

Source: ABC News April 16, 2021 11:24 UTC