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The long-awaited electronic referral issuance for PCR tests for coronavirus by GPs should officially begin tomorrow. The condition is that the patient has at least two of the 11 symptoms.
The GP may issue the electronic referral after a telephone consultation.
“You have 2 or 3, or 4 of these 11 symptoms from those who suspect COVID. I post the electronic referral, you go somewhere and you can visit any lab without paper,” General practitioner Dr. Nikolay Braznalov told BNT. .
In the laboratory, citizens will most likely have to identify themselves with a code that the doctor will tell them over the phone.
“There will be no limit to the designated tests. The tests are 60 levs,” said Dr. Ivan Madkharov, president of the Bulgarian Medical Union.
It is not clear which part of the doctors and laboratories are technically prepared for the electronic field.
Test queues must end after like after midnight, when the launch of the information system is expected for electronic referrals for PCR testing by GPs. 30 companies are working on its integration.
“There is a problem: how will the patient who will not be able to come to the office to be given this coupon will be identified. Therefore, we will insist that the authentication be with the PIN and the last 4 characters of the referral,” added the Dr. Nikolai. Branzalov in front of bTV.
“With the amendment, the general practitioner evaluates the need to perform VSMDI” Polymerase chain reaction for the detection of COVID-19 “, after taking an epidemic history and issuing the remission in the presence of at least two symptoms”, he said in an NHIF post.
In a laboratory, after the conclusion of the annex between the fund and the personal doctors on Friday, they accepted several printed instructions for PCR from personal doctors.
„Photographed on paper and sent via viber. We always accept that even if there is a mess, it is better to do them for the patient than to wait ”, says the medical director of the laboratory Dr. Blagovesta Pencheva.
The laboratory prepares with electronic signatures for all employees to work with the instructions. They process between 3,500 and 5,000 tests per day. The prognosis is that with the possibility of GPs issuing referrals for a free trial, the number of samples could increase to 30%.
