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A responsibility of the Ministry of Health and the Cabinet is that the budget health expenditure for the next year does not exceed what will be accepted as a final healthcare budget for 2014, said the Health Minister Dr. Petar Moskov in discussing the bill for amending the Law on the National Health Insurance Fund. […]

Pathogenesis The basis of the pathogenesis of peptic ulcer is the imbalance between aggressive factors and gastric pepsin, on one hand, and the mucosal barrier, on the other. Among the environmental factors leading to increased gastric secretion, are: smoking, excessive use of alcohol, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), emotional stress and other psychosocial factors. The relationship […]

Doctors insist on restructuring Emergency Services The Bulgarian Medical Association and the Bulgarian Society for Emergency Medicine want restructuring of the Emergency Services. The doctors insist on introducing special protocols for emergency calls in hospital and outpatient care. This way those who need medical care will be categorized depending on their condition. The protocols will […]

There is a winner for supplying the hexavalent vaccine. This was stated by Caretaker Health Minister Dr. Miroslav Nenkov from the Council of Ministers, cited by the agencies. The deadline for appealing the choice is ten days. According to Minister Nenkov, “if no one remembers to appeal”, after this deadline passes an agreement with the […]

500 million BGN are being cut from the insurance of the officials The insurance contribution, which everyone pays, has to be increased by 12% starting next year, and the increase has to be 1% on an year by year basis – this proposal will be made by Bulgarian Medical Association (BMA) to the new healthcare […]