Fri, Feb 10 2012
Photo: Julia Lazarova
Nine construction companies from Sofia, Plovdiv and Varna and 11 consulting firms are competing for the major rehabilitation project for Pazardjik town centre
Patients in need of medical assistance can visit emergency wards. Those who decide to use the services of a GP during the strike will have to pay in cash
Bulgarian Health Minister Bozhidar Nanev has called an urgent meeting with the managing board of the National Health Insurance Fund.
Works will be reviewed by a group of judges, and winners will receive certificates and prizes.
Seven arrested, including ‘The Squirrel’ who was found in possession of 10 00 euro, Interior Ministry says. Mobile phones, computer equipment and drug paraphernalia seized.
Maximum temperatures across the country will remain mostly below zero.
The first tremor was at about 12.34am, followed by another three minutes later. Their epicentres were located between the towns of Radnevo and Topolovgrad.
There was no risk of blackouts caused by insufficient power supply, Economy Minister Traicho Traikov told Bulgarian National Radio.
To be honest that's exactly how I feel sometimes when i hear about the things that go on in Bulgaria. I just want to jump off a roof or something just out of fustrration. Look, personally I don't live in BG anymore so could give a *#*@_ about what happens there, but I like Bulgaria and have many friends there. I think it would be better if your PM jumped off the roof personally and do the country a favor or stick to what he knows like being a bodyguard or a cop or perhaps a fashion model as he [...]
Read the full comment thinks he's so hansome. God save Bulgaria because Boyko won't for sure.
Stefcho, I have one piece of advice for you: Go find a higher place and jump from it.
You really think anyone's reading that shitload of BSP propaganda?
Keep dreaming, dude.
Bla, Bla, Bla, why does the govt do this each and every year to the Drs and Hospitals? Is the "fund" broke already? From where did they procure the funds from to make these payments? It's a known fact that this "fund" is normally broke by April. Perhaps its time for a distrabution of wealth in Bulgaria, make those that make over a certain determined about of money pay more taxes towards the 'fund' so that poor pension drawing people can afford to get the proper health care that they need but at the same time for the GP's to [...]
Read the full comment actually do there jobs in the first place. They get paid to cover a certain amount of patients, half the time they are not even in their office's and have nurses handing out prescriptions for things like blood pressure control and they don't even bother to take the 30 second's to check their blood pressure. Most do not even know their own patiens, yet they continue to be paid for their treatment each month. Then God forbid that the patient needs to see a specialist, they are restricted in the number of referral's they can give out each year to their own patiens. So what are they doing? Are they deciding who is deserving enough to get specialized care and who is not? This is a slippery slope, I can't imagine how many people are denied care just because of the limitations put on GP's to refer patients to see a specialist. Socailized medicine in Bulgaria, the UK, or any other country for that matter does not work for everyone. For the record, I'm not saying that the private sector don't have it'problems because it sure does. Here in America our wonderful President is about to take our system down to the ground at such a fast pace that it will ruin American health care as we know it, this system while it has it's faults has been subtainable for over 60yrs. Nobody in the states is ever denied healthcare because of the lack of insurance but the price for this is that people that have insurance or the companies that pay for their employee to have insurance pay enormous rates with the co-pays that they are now charging people it is becoming more and more of a problem because the insurance companies are getting scared that Obama Care will actually happen. (Which it won't) but they are already raising the rates for insurance in anticapation of this possible change. In Obama's plan employers or employee's who don't sign up for the new govt plan will be fined up to $3,000. Now think about this, if you don't have insurance you pay a fine of $3,000 so why wouldn't anyone just not sign up and then when they need healthcare pay the $3,000 rather then pay 20 times this amount to have govt insurance? This is on page 542 of Obama's plan. Now really does this make any sense? I say keep the govt out of healthcare or anything that requires govt control. They screw up anything they touch, they cause a govt. burrocracy that can't keep up with the needs of the systems. With compatition the insurance companies will have to make the rates affordable and reasonable for the everyday middle class family. I hope that one day in Bulgaria that the private sector makes this system more fair and pays the Drs more for what they do and that the Drs take their jobs more seriously and take care of their patients because right now they are not. Why does the govt have to rob Peter to pay Paul, because this is what they are doing now and this can't go on forever otherwise it will fall apart and the standard of care will just get lower and lower and its pretty low right now as it is. So Bokyo, pay your dam Drs. they get up every morning and go to work, I'm sure that your pay is deposited every month isn't it? I'm sure that all the MP's salary's are in their account each month on time, then why not do the same for the people that take care of your loyal subjects Boyko. Isn't that what you consider them to be? Your subjects. You have such a big head and as the mayor you said that being a PM would be an easy job, anyone can do it, well you certainly haven't proved that you can as of yet, you threaten, fire, arrest your political opponets. Shame on you, do the right thing just once. as Mayor you couldn't fix the potholes in the streets and now as the PM you can't pay your Drs. what's your problem? I think it's time that they consider inpeaching you and not the President. At least he is somewhat professional and seasoned, you are not, you just a thug, you always were and always will be. Resign, your poll numbers are going down so fast you might not be able to pose for a picture this quickly because we all know how much you like the sight of yourself. Please excuse the rambling people, I'm just discussed with this guy.