Bulgarian MP, Ex-Military Hospital Chief, Voted Out of Office
Bulgaria’s Parliament terminated the term in office of Stoyan Tonev, MP from center-right ruling party GERB.
About 3 600 Bulgarian women are at risk over poor quality silicone breast implants, the Chair of the Parliamentary Health Committee, Lachezar Ivanov, reports.
The Parliament held Monday a round table dedicated to plastic surgery and patients’ safety.
The dangerous implants are from the French company Poly Implant Prothese. 3 973 such implants have been imported to Bulgaria, but some have later been re-exported, according to data of the Bulgarian Drug Agency. In France 35 to 40 000 women have these implants and over 1 000 had to undergo surgery after 10 years over leaks. The French company declared bankruptcy in March and had blocked all sales, Ivanov further informed.
Bulgarian surgeons, taking part in the discussion, asked for women who have French implants to be actively monitored and for the implants to be replaced if needed.
26 Bulgarian clinics currently do plastic surgeries, most of them in Sofia, Plovdiv, Burgas and Pleven.
Participants further asked for increased control over plastic surgery supplies.
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Caretaker Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev ordered the cancellation of the Council of Ministers' decision to establish the private Mom and Me Multiprofile Hospital for Active Treatment in Sofia, the government press service said on Saturday.
Bulgaria is set to establish its emergency air assistance service by the end of May, marking a significant step forward in the country's healthcare infrastructure
New data from the World Health Organization (WHO) underscores concerns over the global surge in antibiotic usage during the Covid-19 pandemic, potentially exacerbating the silent threat of antimicrobial resistance.
The Ministry of Health in Bulgaria has announced a significant initiative to provide free whooping cough vaccines to all pregnant women between 27 to 36 weeks of gestation
A recent UN report on the health behaviors of school-age children has unveiled concerning trends regarding alcohol and cigarette consumption among Bulgarian students, sparking widespread concern
In a recent announcement that's bound to catch attention, Bulgaria's Chief State Health Inspector, Assoc. Angel Kunchev, declared that the country will not be declaring an emergency epidemic situation due to the spread of whooping cough
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