Bulgaria Pays 3 times more Money for Medicines than the EU Average

The Chairman of the Bulgarian Medical Union, Dr. Ivan Madzharov, expresses his approval for the priorities announced by the new Minister of Health, Prof. Hristo Hinkov - to stop the uncontrolled growth of the healthcare network in the country and to reduce the co-payments made by patients.

"We should not forget the inverted pyramid - out-of-hospital care is underestimated at the expense of in-hospital care. And last but not least - the cadre deficit, which does not threaten us, but is already a fact," added Dr. Madzharov.

According to him, if those 25 percent who are of retirement age are released from the ranks of doctors and nurses, the calculations that are made about the available personnel status of the health system will not be correct.