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An 81-year-old doctor has been at the forefront of the fight against coronavirus in Dupnitsa since the start of the pandemic. Dr. Maria Bogoeva is the only infectious disease specialist working at the city’s municipal hospital. She is helped by her colleague, a pulmonologist, who is also of retirement age, BNT reported.
Despite her dignified age, Dr. Maria Bogoeva is in the infectious disease ward of the Dupnitsa Municipal Hospital even after her working hours to care for her patients. And they have been increasing steadily over the last week.
“Now we have written 5-6 and they are waiting, they will immediately settle into the same beds. The rhythm is unrecognizable and I don’t know when I’ll be back, ”said Dr. Bogoeva.
Despite the tense situation and the danger of coronavirus infection, Dr. Bogoeva is not concerned.
“I feel tired, but after going home, I died, the next day I forgot. We will last as long as we can. There is no way. I just love my job, maybe I’m healthy and that helps me too.” Someone to relax, to stop. be a panic, no. I have a different spirit, “he added.
As the only infectious disease specialist in the hospital, Dr. Bogoeva enlists the help of her colleagues from the other hospital units in the ward. Among them is the head of the internal medicine department, Dr. Elena Gyuzeleva, who is also of retirement age.
“I do not work in an infectious disease ward, but as a pulmonologist I go every day to be able to give a consultation, to help after finishing my work in a hospital ward. This is my profession and a doctor is a doctor for life.” , Dr. Gyuzeleva was categorical.
The two doctors assure that they will continue working as long as the patients need them.
