73% of hospitals in the country say they are short of doctors, and 90% - of nurses. This is indicated by a Hospital Index nationwide survey on staff capacity in healthcare. Unless urgent steps are taken quickly, in the next 5 years there will..
As Bulgaria entered the European Union and Bulgarian university degrees were recognized there, many doctors and nurses emigrated to other countries of the EU, where they found better pay, excellent working conditions and..
Doctors from the hospital in Dobrich managed to save the life of a child with a massive stroke. On November 14 the 12-year-old boy was admitted in a very serious condition and with epileptic seizures. Subsequently, he fell into a coma, in which he..
A new method of treating prostate cancer is to be applied in the case of two patients at Queen Giovanna Hospital (ISUL) in Sofia on 10 December. By inserting grains of iodine 125 isotope, the tumour in the gland is irradiated internally in..
The General Directorate Combating Organized Crime has stopped a network for issuing fraudulent medical disability certificates in Sofia. Seven people were detained, three of them doctors. The medics chaired commissions and the..
In “Bulgaria Today” on Monday, July 26we bring you first the latest news stories from this country. Next on the show, we look into the problem of the shortage of doctors and nurses in Bulgaria and the difficulties children with disabilities are..
For yet another day, doctors and nurses from the Pirogov Hospital for Emergency Medicine protested in front of the hospital’s building. They call for the resignation of caretaker Minister of Health Dr. Stoycho Katsaraov and for the return of dismissed..
Only physicians, who are employed on a full-time schedule of 12 hours and are engaged in diagnosis and treatment of Covid-19, will receive additional money to their salaries, Deputy Minister of Health Aleksandar Zlatanov said. According to him,..
Every morning, whether it is a working day or a day off, patients keep lining up in front of the office of Assoc. Prof. Petar Atanasov in the clinic of internal medicine of the University Multi-profile Hospital for Active Treatment and Emergency..
On International Labour Day, May 1, we often talk about workers and their rights. Decent remuneration and well-deserved rest are an integral part of the principles of freedom and democracy, according to the rule of law. For more than a year,..
