Minister Angelov: The nation has poor health characteristics

“The reason for the high mortality from coronavirus in our country is the chronic diseases of Bulgarians and efforts should be made there.” This was announced by the Minister of Health Prof. Kostadin Angelov to “Darik” According to him, our nation has poor health characteristics.

“Yes, our nation has problems,” he said. “This is the insidiousness of this virus. When this virus figuratively attaches itself to a person who has a chronic disease, it complicates the course of the chronic disease and leads to the cause of the unfavorable outcome of this disease, said Professor Anegelov. – That is why I said in one of the briefings – I will repeat it in front of you – I do not want the Bulgarian citizens to be cured, I want them to be healthy. It is in this direction that we will make efforts to propose this plan for the health of the nation, which we will saturate with health events from the birth of man to his death ”.

According to him, healthcare in Bulgaria is not bad. “Compared to EU healthcare, it is extremely accessible and available in a timely manner,” the minister said.

For Angelov, the word 2020 is “positive” in the bad sense of the word. “There are about 30,000 doctors, about 7,500 dentists, the same number of pharmacists. There are about 45,000 health professionals. There are about 4,500 general practitioners. It is a great army, that when it acts as one we will face this challenge that we face,” he said. Professor Kostadin Angelov.