Free Mobile Medical Check-ups for Roma Launched in Bulgaria

Society | December 13, 2006, Wednesday // 00:00
Bulgaria: Free Mobile Medical Check-ups for Roma Launched in Bulgaria Five mobile medical cabinets with all the necessary equipment and two fluorographs will travel around Bulgaria to check up Roma minority, Disasters Management Minister Emel Etem announced Wednesday. Photo by Yuliana Nikolova (Sofia Photo Agency)

Five mobile medical cabinets with all the necessary equipment and two fluorographs will travel around Bulgaria to check up Roma minority.

The cabinets will visit Sofia, Vratsa, Kyustendil, Pazardzhik, and Yambol, Disaster Management Minister Emel Etem said at a press conference.

The equipment costs EUR 710,000 and it is part of a PHARE project, which deals with educational and medical integration of vulnerable ethnic minorities, the Roma minority in particular.

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