Emergency medical services

Chicago Police Chief David Brown, who leads 13,500 police officers in the city with the largest BG diaspora on the planet, awarded the member of the Bulgarian-American Police Association (BAPA) Officer Georgi Mavrov with the prestigious award and a medal for saving lives.

The coronavirus pandemic has highlighted not only the problems in hospital and pre-hospital care in our country, but also enabled fraudsters to profit on the backs of patients. It turns out that in Bulgaria the so-called "tin-can" decrepit cars are found not only among taxis, but also among ambulances.

According to  Ivan Madjarov, chairman of the Bulgarian Medical rapid mass testing of people is now necessary.

He pointed out that the strengthening of pre-hospital care - the intermediate element between general practitioners and hospital care - has already begun.

On the first day of the year, the European emergency number 112 became fully operational in Greece, the General Secretariat for Civil Protection, which will be responsible for the service, has said.

Until the end of the year, a number of 14 emergency dispatches in the country would be fully integrated so that they include, together with the Fire Service and Ambulance, representatives of other services, such as the Police and the Gendarmerie, the head of the Department for Emergency Situations, Raed Arafat, mentioned on Wednesday.

An 8-year-old girl from Israel drowned while on holiday with her family on the Greek island of Crete, local media reported on Thursday, saying the incident took place at around 6.30 p.m. on Wednesday.

The child drowned in the swimming pool of the hotel where the family was staying in the resort town of Hersonissos in Iraklio. Her parents and other guests were unable to save her.

A 53-year-old French tourist has been murdered at a hotel on the island of Crete, local police authorities said Tuesday.

The man, who was on holiday with his female companion in the seaside resort of Tsoutsouros in southern Crete, reportedly died from multiple stab wounds to the chest.

Panic buttons will be fitted in 400 new ambulances of the emergency medical services in the country. The plan is to improve safety and allow quick response in the events of attack on medical teams, Bulgaria's Minister of Health said on 28th of January, reports BNT. 

The emergency care modernisation project will cover the whole country, said Minister of Regional Development and Public Works Petya Avramova after signing a contract for the project implementation, Focus News Agency reports.

Workers of the National Health Service (ESY) are warning of a shortage of ambulances and staff on the Greek islands at the height of the tourist season.

In an announcement, the national union of public hospital workers (POEDIN) said the number of staff on the islands is not enough to cover the needs of a 24-hour ambulance service.