Ministry of Health

Тhe Government approved additional payments to the budget of the Ministry of Health for the provision of non-interest-free financial assistance to the Hristo Botev Hospital, Vratsa, and Prof. Dr. Paraskev Stoyanov AD, Lovech, amounting to BGN 2 223 113.

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Congo's Ministry of Health has announced 11 new confirmed Ebola cases and two deaths tied to cases in the country's northwest.

Albania's opposition centre-right Democratic Party has referred the Ministry of Education and the Prime Minister to prosecutors for what it calls a brazen attempt to use schools to collect voter information for election-related purposes.

EU National Drug Coordinators held a meeting on 3 May in Sofia in the framework of the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the EU. The meeting dedicated to prevention and therapeutic treatment of the use and abuse with new psychoactive substances (NPS) was organised jointly by the Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Health.

The Ambassador of the Republic of Korea in Bucharest, Kim Eun-joong talked, in an interview granted to AGERPRES, about the "invaluable opportunity" to accomplish denuclearization in the Korean Peninsula, to the benefit of the entire world.

The statement comes in the context of the upcoming North Korea - South Korea summit starting Friday.

The former owner of the Medicus clinic, Lutfi Dervishi, who is being retried for alleged involvement in organised crime in connection with people-trafficking, told Pristina Basic Court on Wednesday that he once assisted in a kidney transplant at the clinic.

Prime Minister Viorica Dancila said on Monday at a meeting with hospital managers that the government will answer with correct solutions to healthcare staff pay problems.

A total of 32,913 beds for active treatment are needed to meet the needs of the population for hospital medical care. This is enshrined in the draft National Health Card (NHS), which was adopted by the National Commission and chaired by the Minister of Health and today it was approved by the Ministry of Health, the ministry said.

The Bulgarian Ministry of Health announced this on Friday.

The national radio is reporting that 19 people have been taken to hospitals in Sofia, two of whom were in a critical condition.

The bus turned over after colliding with a car, Reuters is reporting, citing the owner of the bus.

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The treatment of Sofia parks against ticks and mosquitoes has began. There are nine teams working this morning as early as 5 am.

Easier accessible areas are handled with specially marked cars, and the ones more difficult to access - manually.