Bulgaria Health Budget to Treat Less Patients in 2010

Politics » DOMESTIC | October 23, 2009, Friday // 12:59
Bulgaria Health Budget to Treat Less Patients Next Year: Bulgaria Health Budget to Treat Less Patients in 2010 Photo by Sofia Photo Agency

Bulgaria Health Minister, Bozhidar Nanev, has stated that the underlying funds in the health budget will be less for next year.

Nanev said that this will reduce the number of patients that will be treated in hospitals and medical institutions in 2010.

According to Nanev the National Health Insurance Fund currently pays several times for the same activity as doctors fail to treat patients successfully at the first attempt, leading to too many people being hospitalized.

Nanev announced that he will soon meet with Finance Minister Simeon Djankov, which will decide what percentage of the health insurance reserve of the Bulgarian National Bank will be used to cover the deficit in the health budget. Nanev explained that this year the state will not be able to cover all its obligations to hospitals in the country.

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