The coronavirus in Bulgaria: Borisov ordered in front of each hospital to have a point for a rapid diagnosis – Bulgaria

“All hospitals, state, municipal and private, must be involved in the fight against the coronavirus. The next stage is the opening of field hospitals and it would be absurd to open them if there are places in hospitals,” he said in an interview with Nova TV. Dr. Ivan Kolchakov, anesthesiologist and member of the board of the private hospital “Sofiamed”.

According to him, the problem in Bulgaria is chronic, because for years the State “allows itself the luxury” of allocating twice the share of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to health than Europe, less than 5% compared to almost 10%. from EU countries. . “People must understand this: when you reserve a part of the family budget for everything but your health, sooner or later you will pay a high price,” said Kolchakov, a former MP and mayor of Pazardzhik. He added that at the moment Bulgarian healthcare is a “huge conveyor belt”, in which 90% of the people give 100% and even in case of local problems the system works.

Kolchakov confirmed that the hospital, in whose management he participates, has fulfilled the state’s requirement to allocate at least 10 percent of its beds for the treatment of COVID and specified that more will be opened by November 10, since the institution Medical will have 65 beds for patients. with coronavirus, of which 10 severe