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The National Transplant Games begin in Blagoevgrad

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The National Transplant Games "Yes! For Life!" will be held on May 18 and 19 at the Southwest University "Neofit Rilski" in Blagoevgrad. The sports festival is organised on the initiative of the Executive Agency "Medical Supervision". 

The event will be preceded by a motorcycle parade that will start in Sofia and end in Blagoevgrad. 

"What unites all the participants is their desire to prove that they deserve a chance at life and their desire to promote donation and transplantation," Ivanka Dineva, Director of Medical Supervision, told BNR Hristo Botev.



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