• May 21, 2015

    The incidence of hypertension in Bulgaria is above the European average, reported doctors from the Bulgarian Hypertension League in connection with the 17th of May, when the world observed World Day of the Sick. According to experts, the country’s hypertension rate is around 55% while the average for Europe is 30-45%. Physicians’ data indicates that […]

  • Since coming into office, the government has appointed 70 doctors and 77 nurses in emergency assistance, said the Health Minister Dr. Peter Moscow in Veliko Tarnovo, noting that emergency assistance is a priority in the healthcare reform. According to him, the reason for appointing new employees was that the government very quickly had been able […]

  • People with cancer, mental health and chronic skin diseases will be receiving all necessary therapies, diagnostics, medicines and procedures in one place – a large hospital in the area. The Health Ministry will be closing the dispensaries for the respective diseases and they will merge with general hospitals, confirmed the Health Minister Dr. Petar Moskov […]

  • Hospitals will receive nearly BGN 15.2 million more by the end of the year, informed reporters the member of the Supervisory Board of the NHIF Dr. Vanyo Sharkov last Wednesday. He explained that the Supervisory Board at a meeting has made a decision the university hospitals budgets to be increased by 2%, while the budgets […]

  • The Health Minister takes on the medicine procurement in hospitals, announced the Council of Ministers in its Draft Decree. It was published on the website of the Ministry of Health for public comment. In his new activity, the Minister will be assisted by a new unit in the Department, which will be created for the […]