Georgi Gelev

Six new outpatient emergency centers will be opened in Zemliyane, Pirogov Hospital and Diagnostic and Consultation Centers - 5, 12, 23 and 24.

This was told to journalists by the director of the Emergency Medical Center Sofia-city Dr. Georgi Gelev. He attended with the Minister of Health Kiril Ananiev the opening of an Emergency Aid Branch in Bozhurishte.

Incidents involving attacks on emergency medical teams do not necessarily involve Roma communities, Sofia emergency aid head Georgi Gelev has warned.

He told the Bulgarian National Television that some of the assaults were related to excessive drinking or other problems.

Bulgarian Sofia Emergency Care staff are protesting against the low salaries and the long-lasting structural problems in their unit again, Monday morning.

Despite the Health Ministry's promise to provide additional emergency care teams and to discuss an eventual pay raise, employees have been protesting all week.

Emergency care staff are on the streets again Tuesday to protest against the dire state of their unit.

The medics are determined not to let their newly appointed head Alexander Zlatanov assume his position, replacing Georgi Gelev, who was removed by the Health Minister.

Over 100 doctors staged a protest in front of the Emergency Care unit in Sofia to oppose the calls for a resignation of their director, Georgi Gelev.

Gelev's resignation was demanded by the Health Minister on Monday due to a number of incidents with patients after delays of ambulances.

All doctors from the Emergency Care unit in Sofia have resigned collectively.

The medics are holding a protest at the Health Ministry, according to reports of the Bulgarian National Radio (BNR).