The two-day EUROCITIES Forum is taking place in Sofia, Bulgaria, under the theme “Funding of Public Transport and New Business Models”. EUROCITIES is the network of major cities in Europe and currently gathers the local governments of over 50 of Europe’s largest cities from across 30 European countries. All of them share knowledge and exchange ideas throughout six forums, including the environment and mobility one; a wide range of working groups, events, EU-funded projects, in which...
A briefing dedicated to the cases of patients admitted to the medical establishment during the Easter holidays over food and alcohol poisoning was held Monday at Pirogov hospital in the capital Sofia.
Dr Kiril Hristov, surgeon at the second surgery clinic of the Pirogov hospital in the capital city Sofia, spoke at the event.
”During the holidays an aggressive patient aged about 70 was admitted to the Pirogov [hospital],” he said.
”He displayed verbal aggression. He complained upon...
Sofia. Bulgarian Minister of Health Dr Petar Moskov will open the first sitting of the “Partnership for Health” initiative, which is provided under the Healthcare Goals – 2020 Concept, the press office of the ministry announced.
The event will take place at the head office of the Bulgarian Council of Ministers.
The following issues will be tabled for discussion at today’s forum:
- major and additional packages in the health insurance;
- transparent procedures and rules for the...
“Amendments to the Health Insurance Act aim at more efficient spending of the money in the healthcare sector,” said Dr Daniela Daritkova, MP with the Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria (CEDB) and chairperson of the parliamentary committee on health, speaking for Radio FOCUS.
“There should be no concerns about the division of the packages for medical services on major and additional ones because this guarantees that the rights of the health insured citizens will not be taken...
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