Hospital

A Health Ministry bill headed to Parliament foresees a change of leadership at state hospitals with new entrants being obliged to sign a contract for performance assessment. 

More than 4.7 million patients are estimated to visit the emergency departments of Greece's understaffed and cash-strapped public hospitals every year, with doctors arguing that 60 to 70 percent of that intake could be avoided if the primary healthcare sector were better organized.

A total of BGN 55 million has been invested by the Sofia Municipality in municipal healthcare over the last four years. This was announced by Mayor Yordanka Fandakova during her visit to the renovated General Surgery Clinic at First City Hospital, for which new endoscopic equipment for diagnostic and therapeutic procedures was purchased.

Healthcare workers in the Aegean province of İzmir called for a press conference to protest violence in hospitals after five doctors and two nurses were assaulted by patients in a week.

Staff shortages and dysfunctional equipment at several Attica hospitals mean that they are likely to struggle to effectively deal with acute heart conditions and other serious cases, putting a great burden on the capital's largest hospitals, Kathimerini understands.

The Government approved additional costs for the budget of the Ministry of Health in 2019 amounting to BGN 3 450 000.

Part of the funds will be directed towards the purchase of medical equipment worth up to BGN 1,250 thousand for the needs of pediatric hospital care by conducting a public procurement under the Public Procurement Act of the Ministry of Health.

Prof. Dr. Ivan Mitev Specialised Children's Hospital in Sofia is protesting again, the Bulgarian National Television reported. In less than a week, this will be the second protest of the only hospital specialised in children's diseases in Bulgaria. The doctors continue to insist on a special status of the medical facility and on removing admission limits.

An increase in violent attacks on staff at the country's hospitals has prompted the Panhellenic Medical Association to launch a public awareness campaign to curb the phenomenon.

Most hospitals in Greece are not adequately protected against fires, according to the national union of public hospital workers, POEDIN.
In a statement on Monday, POEDIN said that just 10 hospitals have fire safety certificates, and that even in those cases there are areas of the hospitals not covered by the safety certificates.

Free prophylactic medical examinations for socially disadvantaged people will be held in the tent of the social kitchen  in the courtyard of Sofia's St. Cyril and Methodius Church.

From 11 o'clock today doctors from several hospitals in Sofia will carry out prophylactic examinations free of charge for people in need.