Bulgaria Launches Patients' Rights Council

Society » HEALTH | February 21, 2011, Monday // 11:41
Bulgaria Launches Patients' Rights Council: Bulgaria Launches Patients' Rights Council Bulgaria's Health Minister, Dr. Stefan Konstantinov. Photo by BGNES

Bulgaria's Health Minister, Dr. Stefan Konstantinov, launched Monday a Public Council on Patient's Rights, the Health Ministry press center informs.

The move is based on article 86a of the Health Act in Bulgaria.

The Council's members include representatives of patients' organizations, organizations of the disabled, the Bulgarian Doctors' Union, the Bulgarian Dentists' Union, the Bulgarian Pharmaceutical Union and the Bulgarian Association of Health Care Professionals.

The Council aims at analyzing all activities related to patients' rights and proposing legislative amendments when needed.

The Council will also prepare annual reports about patients' rights in Bulgaria to be submitted to the Health Minister.

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Tags: Public Council on Patients' Rights, health minister, Stefan Konstantinov, disabled, Bulgarian Doctors' Union, the Bulgarian Dentists' Union, the Bulgarian Pharmaceutical Union, the Bulgarian Association of Health Care Professionals

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