Childhood

The Health Ministry submitted a legislative plan to Parliament on Friday aimed at enhancing the role and resources of primary care doctors.

A national survey conducted by Trend Agency for the National Association for Foster Care (NAFC) reveals that only 15% of Bulgarians would consider becoming foster parents, while 68% firmly reject the idea, and 17% remain undecided.

Five siblings that had been removed from their parents' custody went missing from a Rio hospital, near the western port city of Patra, on Friday, after being transferred there on a prosecutor's order.

Around 20 to 30 percent of children in Türkiye are being raised by toxic parents, leading to a high prevalence of depression among those affected, warns a psychologist.

Dr. Ayşe Su Kocayörük from Istanbul Arel University's Department of Psychology pointed out that "half of the depression cases are rooted in traumatic childhood experiences influenced by toxic parents."

Doctors at "Pirogov" Hospital successfully extracted a bullet from the brain of a 2-year-old child who was airlifted from Vratsa following a tragic shooting incident. The medical facility confirmed the successful operation, shedding light on the delicate procedure performed by Prof. Nikolay Gabrovski's skilled team.

In a troubling trend, the number of professionals opting for pediatrics positions have declined as repeated compulsory service and violence against doctors make the specialty undesirable.

While 17 universities had no pediatrics in their specialty preferences, applications for pediatric sub-specialties remained at 10 percent.

Families who see their child's success as a way out are going to great lengths to make their children famous, raising questions about the exploitative nature of this intense pursuit.

An administrative inquiry has been ordered into the death of a 15-month-old boy at the Bodossakeio General Hospital of Ptolemaida, northern Greece, last week, to determine why the child did not receive specialist care earlier. 

The infant was rushed to Ptolemaida's hospital by its parents on the morning of New Year's Day with a fever and diagnosed with the flu. 

The Education Ministry plans to bolster procedures for diagnosing learning disorders in children. The aim, Kathimerini understands, is to bring in more permanent staff to the country's Diagnostic, Assessment, Counseling and Support Centers (KEDASY) for people with special education needs instead of temps who are hired to fill gaps.

The "children in safe teams" of the Family and Social Services Ministry has determined that 42,306 children who live, work or beg on the streets are at risk of not having a physically and mentally healthy life and receiving education as a result of its six-year field survey and study.