The patients from Kochani who are being treated in our country are in good general condition. This was stated to bTV by the Minister of Health Silvi Kirilov, quoted by news.bg.
There are patients on ventilator support. There are also extubated patients. However, it is still early to discharge them, as they have burns and will require plastic surgery, it became clear from his words.
The third Bulgarian-Serbian medical helicopter will arrive in our country at the end of this month. Within a few weeks, the second one will also be performing missions, and the third will probably be involved from May.
The Minister of Health is categorical that the hospital system is not bloated. He believes that it is good, with good specialists. Kirilov nevertheless admitted that there are too many hospitals in the country.
Money will be found for nasal vaccines, the Minister of Health announced.
In recent months, the TELK system has been working well, he believes. Starting in the summer, TELKs will have access to patient files. Delayed TELK decisions are under 19,000. Previously, they were much more, it became clear from his comment.
The regional health inspectorates (RHI) carried out about 22,000 inspections last year on smoking bans. 480 acts were issued for the detected violations.