06 Dec 2020

“We missed the opportunity to prepare for the second wave of the coronavirus during the summer, even though we knew it was coming. We missed our chance to designate COVID-19 hospitals. Instead, now all the hospitals are bursting at the seams with coronavirus patients and we can’t respond to the rising patient load. There is no one to treat the patients ... Hospitals are very short of staff. The current coronavirus crisis made it painfully clear how dire the situation is.”

www.politico.eu/article/bulgaria-healt...
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Nedelcho Totev

   Director

Head of the city-run hospital in Chirpan, a small town in southern Bulgaria, and chair of the Association of Municipal Hospitals

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Bulgaria handling the Covid-19 pandemic

Covid-19 in Bulgaria

Second wave of Covid-19 pandemic

Second wave of Covid-19 pandemic - Bulgaria