http://news.guide-bulgaria.com/ Digest of Bulgarian Medicine and Health news by region, districts, municipalities, towns and villages en 2007-2008 Guide-Bulgaria.com. Guide-Bulgaria.com RSS editor 2.0 bgvisit@gmail.com (Guide-Bulgaria.com) bgvisit@gmail.com (Guide BG EOOD) Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:33:30 GMT http://news.guide-bulgaria.com/News.aspx?5461=International_AIDS_Day_is_marked_in_Bulgaria http://news.guide-bulgaria.com/News.aspx?5461=International_AIDS_Day_is_marked_in_Bulgaria Health Mon, 01 Dec 2008 08:20:00 GMT As international AIDS Day is marked on Monday worldwide, Bulgaria included, UN officials have expressed serious concerns over what is turning to be a global pandemic. Rough estimates say that about 30 million people worldwide have HIV, the virus that cause... BNR http://news.guide-bulgaria.com/SW/Pernik/Pernik/Pernik/News.aspx?5409=Bulgaria_has_lost_half_of_Its_nurses,_Health_Minister_said_in_Pernik http://news.guide-bulgaria.com/SW/Pernik/Pernik/Pernik/News.aspx?5409=Bulgaria_has_lost_half_of_Its_nurses,_Health_Minister_said_in_Pernik Health Sun, 30 Nov 2008 12:00:00 GMT Pernik , November 28 (BTA): The number of nurses in Bulgaria has been halved for the past ten years, Health Minister Evgeni Zhelev said here Friday. In 1998 there were 70,000 of them and now they are only 35,000. The Minister believes that nurses should b... BTA http://news.guide-bulgaria.com/NE/Turgovishte/Targovishte/News.aspx?5362=Targovishte_region_with_most_uninsured_people_-_top_position_for_Omurtag_with_24% http://news.guide-bulgaria.com/NE/Turgovishte/Targovishte/News.aspx?5362=Targovishte_region_with_most_uninsured_people_-_top_position_for_Omurtag_with_24% Health Wed, 26 Nov 2008 12:16:00 GMT Targovishte is the leading location with the most uninsured people for one year, the Health Bank of the town points out. 25 thousand people in the region have not paid their health insurances. Of these, only 800 are people working abroad, the rest are o... News.bg http://news.guide-bulgaria.com/News.aspx?5198=92_Bulgarians_Diagnosed_with_Cancer_Each_Day http://news.guide-bulgaria.com/News.aspx?5198=92_Bulgarians_Diagnosed_with_Cancer_Each_Day Health Sun, 09 Nov 2008 04:00:00 GMT Around 33,000 people are diagnosed for cancer each year in Bulgaria. In other words 92 fall ill with the disease each day, according to Prof. Ivan Chernozemski. The cancer of nearly 80 percent of the EU and US citizens is diagnosed early, which greatly boo... StandartNews http://news.guide-bulgaria.com/News.aspx?5124=There_is_Still_no_influenza_in_Bulgaria http://news.guide-bulgaria.com/News.aspx?5124=There_is_Still_no_influenza_in_Bulgaria Health Mon, 03 Nov 2008 14:14:00 GMT There is still no influenza in Bulgaria yet due to the fact that there are no positive tests for it, associate professor Rositsa Kotseva, head of the Influenza and Sharp Respiratory Illnesses National Laboratory told FOCUS News Agency. According to her the... Focus Agency http://news.guide-bulgaria.com/News.aspx?5088=Bulgarians_Are_the_Sick_Men_of_Europe http://news.guide-bulgaria.com/News.aspx?5088=Bulgarians_Are_the_Sick_Men_of_Europe Health Thu, 30 Oct 2008 08:00:00 GMT The Bulgarians take sick leaves twice as often as the other Europeans, shows the survey conducted by the MERCER consulting company. Over 800 employers in 24 European countries were polled. On the average, the Europeans take five days a year because of bein... StandartNews http://news.guide-bulgaria.com/SW/Sofia-city/Stolichna/Sofia/News.aspx?4942=Military_Medical_Academy_in_Sofia_With_New_Laser_Therapy_Center http://news.guide-bulgaria.com/SW/Sofia-city/Stolichna/Sofia/News.aspx?4942=Military_Medical_Academy_in_Sofia_With_New_Laser_Therapy_Center Health Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:33:00 GMT A new, modern center for laser therapy, dermatological and plastic surgery was inaugurated Wednesday at the Sofia Military Medical Academy. The center is under the management of the "Dermatology and Allergy" department of the Academy. The construction ... Novinite.com http://news.guide-bulgaria.com/News.aspx?4840=Health_insurance_greets_new_player http://news.guide-bulgaria.com/News.aspx?4840=Health_insurance_greets_new_player Health Wed, 08 Oct 2008 07:00:00 GMT Health Insurance Fund Europe became the new player on the Bulgarian health insurance market after getting a permit from the financial regulator. Bulgarian vessels maker Himmash holds 54.5% of the new company, and the remainder capital is split between a co... Dnevnik.bg http://news.guide-bulgaria.com/NE/Dobrich/Dobrich/Pobeda/News.aspx?4782=Bulgaria_Red_Cross_Opens_New_Emergency_Storehouse_in_the_village_of_Pobeda http://news.guide-bulgaria.com/NE/Dobrich/Dobrich/Pobeda/News.aspx?4782=Bulgaria_Red_Cross_Opens_New_Emergency_Storehouse_in_the_village_of_Pobeda Health Sat, 04 Oct 2008 16:24:00 GMT Bulgaria`s Red Cross organization opened Saturday a storehouse for emergency situations in the village of Pobeda . It is the fourth such a facility in the country as the other three are located in the cities of Sofia , Burgas and Russe . The Red Cro... Novinite.com http://news.guide-bulgaria.com/SC/Plovdiv/Plovdiv-city/Plovdiv/News.aspx?4739=Around_4000_people_in_Bulgaria_Are_HIV_Positive http://news.guide-bulgaria.com/SC/Plovdiv/Plovdiv-city/Plovdiv/News.aspx?4739=Around_4000_people_in_Bulgaria_Are_HIV_Positive Health Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:10:00 GMT There are probably around 4000 people in Bulgaria with HIV/AIDS and in the next years they will probably reach 11 000. This was announced by Hristo Taskov on a seminar from the Programme "Prevention and control of HIV/AIDS", Radio Plovdiv announces. Th... News.bg http://news.guide-bulgaria.com/News.aspx?4718=Payments_on_All_Health_Services_Increased_From_1st_of_October http://news.guide-bulgaria.com/News.aspx?4718=Payments_on_All_Health_Services_Increased_From_1st_of_October Health Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:07:00 GMT From October 1 the National Health Bank (NHB) will pay 10% more to its partners on all kinds of health and dental activities. The decision was taken on a general session of the NHB, which took place on September 15. The funds have been provided by over-... News.bg http://news.guide-bulgaria.com/SW/Sofia-city/Stolichna/Sofia/News.aspx?4633=Bulgaria_Health_Ministry_purchasing_100_New_Ambulances_for_BGN_10_M http://news.guide-bulgaria.com/SW/Sofia-city/Stolichna/Sofia/News.aspx?4633=Bulgaria_Health_Ministry_purchasing_100_New_Ambulances_for_BGN_10_M Health Thu, 25 Sep 2008 13:21:00 GMT Bulgaria`s Health Ministry is purchasing 100 brand-new ambulances for the emergency clinics all over the country. The purchase will cost the Ministry about BGN 10 M, which will be financed with a loan from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Dev... Novinite.com http://news.guide-bulgaria.com/News.aspx?4437=NHIF_raises_prices_of_medical_services_by_10_pct http://news.guide-bulgaria.com/News.aspx?4437=NHIF_raises_prices_of_medical_services_by_10_pct Health Tue, 16 Sep 2008 00:06:00 GMT Sofia : The board of the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) voted on increasing the prices of all types of medical and dental services as of October 1, its press office said. The higher costs will be covered by expected bigger revenues running at 60 ml... Dnevnik.bg http://news.guide-bulgaria.com/News.aspx?4227=Hospitals_in_Bulgaria_need_qualified_doctors_more_than_money http://news.guide-bulgaria.com/News.aspx?4227=Hospitals_in_Bulgaria_need_qualified_doctors_more_than_money Health Fri, 05 Sep 2008 10:22:00 GMT This is why they are in danger of closing down, said Professor Alexander Chirkov, heart surgeon. He thinks there are too many hospitals in Bulgaria and there is no reform in the health sector. Money invested in this sector will disappear no matter the am... FrogNews.bg http://news.guide-bulgaria.com/News.aspx?4226=Urgent_surgeries_denied_due_to_insufficient_blood_supply http://news.guide-bulgaria.com/News.aspx?4226=Urgent_surgeries_denied_due_to_insufficient_blood_supply Health Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:43:00 GMT Hospitals in Bulgaria are postponing urgent surgical operations due to insufficient blood supply, said Andrey Andreev, director of the National Hematology and Transfusion Center. The frequent road accidents in the country exacerbate the problem with insuf... FrogNews.bg http://news.guide-bulgaria.com/SW/Sofia-city/Stolichna/Sofia/News.aspx?3991=Planned_operations_put_off_over_shortage_of_vacancy_beds_in_the_shocking_wards_due_to_car_accidents http://news.guide-bulgaria.com/SW/Sofia-city/Stolichna/Sofia/News.aspx?3991=Planned_operations_put_off_over_shortage_of_vacancy_beds_in_the_shocking_wards_due_to_car_accidents Health Tue, 26 Aug 2008 09:17:00 GMT Car accidents that occur on Bulgarian roads are like disaster, director of the Military Medical Academy General Stoyan Tonev said to BNR. He proposed aggressive drivers to work as hospital attendance in shocking wards where are hospitalized people injured ... Focus Agency http://news.guide-bulgaria.com/SW/Sofia-city/Stolichna/Sofia/News.aspx?3729=Emergency_Aid_and_hospitals_in_Sofia_face_difficulties_treating_people_with_sun_strokes http://news.guide-bulgaria.com/SW/Sofia-city/Stolichna/Sofia/News.aspx?3729=Emergency_Aid_and_hospitals_in_Sofia_face_difficulties_treating_people_with_sun_strokes Health Wed, 13 Aug 2008 11:23:00 GMT The unbearable summer heat made the doctors break their summer vacations. Medics, working in Sofia Emergency Aid and hospitals, are back to work before the end of their summer holidays helping their colleagues cope with the increasing number of patients,... StandartNews http://news.guide-bulgaria.com/News.aspx?3559=Bulgaria_Patients_Pay_BGN_75_M_of_Bribes_to_Doctors_Each_Year http://news.guide-bulgaria.com/News.aspx?3559=Bulgaria_Patients_Pay_BGN_75_M_of_Bribes_to_Doctors_Each_Year Health Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:40:00 GMT A report of the Open Society Institute presented Wednesday in Sofia concludes that the Bulgarians pay about BGN 75 M of bribes to medical staff each year. The bribes are considered unregulated payments on part of the patients, for which they had not recei... Novinite.com http://news.guide-bulgaria.com/News.aspx?3544=Bulgarian_5-mo_health_insurance_premiums_down_3%_y/y http://news.guide-bulgaria.com/News.aspx?3544=Bulgarian_5-mo_health_insurance_premiums_down_3%_y/y Health Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:15:00 GMT Private health insurance options are still not connecting with the Bulgarian consumer as indicated by data of the local financial regulator showing a 3% year-on-year decline in January-May premiums. The 274,000 Bulgarians with private health plans gener... Dnevnik.bg http://news.guide-bulgaria.com/News.aspx?3536=Bulgaria_to_receive_32.4_mln_euro_for_the_program_prevention_and_control_of_HIV/AIDS http://news.guide-bulgaria.com/News.aspx?3536=Bulgaria_to_receive_32.4_mln_euro_for_the_program_prevention_and_control_of_HIV/AIDS Health Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:52:00 GMT Bulgaria will receive 32.4 million euro in continuing funding for the program Prevention and Control of HIV/AIDS in 2009-2014, Health Minister Evgenii Zhelev told reporters on Tuesday. The funding will come from the global fund for the implementation of... ChinaView.cn http://news.guide-bulgaria.com/SW/Sofia-city/Stolichna/Sofia/News.aspx?3412=Bulgaria_Cancer_Patients_Protest_Before_Health_Ministry http://news.guide-bulgaria.com/SW/Sofia-city/Stolichna/Sofia/News.aspx?3412=Bulgaria_Cancer_Patients_Protest_Before_Health_Ministry Health Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:02:00 GMT Oncology patients protested in front of the Health Ministry building Wednesday demanding the official registration of a medication, which according to them is a cure for cancer. The medication is known under the name "Antimalignocit" and has been discove... Novinite.com http://news.guide-bulgaria.com/News.aspx?3395=Bulgarians_Go_to_the_Doctors_at_Night http://news.guide-bulgaria.com/News.aspx?3395=Bulgarians_Go_to_the_Doctors_at_Night Health Wed, 16 Jul 2008 08:30:00 GMT As a result of the strike of the GPs, the Bulgarians who need medical help will get it only after midnight. The doctors from the town of Pernik were the first to go on strike. They announced that as of Monday they were to protest during the day and to tre... StandartNews http://news.guide-bulgaria.com/News.aspx?3048=Heart_Attack_Kills_One_Bulgarian_Every_Seven_Minutes http://news.guide-bulgaria.com/News.aspx?3048=Heart_Attack_Kills_One_Bulgarian_Every_Seven_Minutes Health Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:45:00 GMT " Heart attack kills one Bulgarian every seven minutes. Daily, the number of deaths from heart attack in this country increases by 220 and yearly by 70,000 ", Associate Professor Nikola Vassilevski, head of the Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Secti... StandartNews http://news.guide-bulgaria.com/NC/Rousse/Rousse/Rousse/News.aspx?2989=Doctors_in_Bulgaria_Danube_City_of_Ruse_Start_Romanian_Lessons http://news.guide-bulgaria.com/NC/Rousse/Rousse/Rousse/News.aspx?2989=Doctors_in_Bulgaria_Danube_City_of_Ruse_Start_Romanian_Lessons Health Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:27:00 GMT A private clinic in Bulgaria`s city of Ruse has decided to train its staff to speak Romanian in order to communicate more easily with patients coming from the country`s northern neighbor. The news was announced Friday by the Ruse newspaper "Utro". The... Novinite.com http://news.guide-bulgaria.com/SC/Plovdiv/Plovdiv-city/Plovdiv/News.aspx?2970=Bulgarian_GPs_Go_on_Protest http://news.guide-bulgaria.com/SC/Plovdiv/Plovdiv-city/Plovdiv/News.aspx?2970=Bulgarian_GPs_Go_on_Protest Health Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:22:00 GMT The general practitioners in Bulgaria are to suspend medical examinations and will go on protest. " The GPs will not admit patients until the Health Fund does not increase their money ," the head of the National Association of the GPs in Bulgaria Dr. Lyubo... StandartNews