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A new drug for pulmonary hypertension, given as an injection under the skin, will be added to the state reimbursement list next month. The figures on people waiting are as of 6 October.
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The children's programme covers just 17% of children, pharmacies also lack enough doses, and some people are buying vaccines in Greece.
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Manufacturers have told the health ministry that the WHO chose the virus strain late. Vaccines for the state programme are expected at the end of the…
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Physician assistants and paramedics perform home visits through HomeMed.bg. The services are paid for by patients, not by the health insurance fund.
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The bills would end paper health booklets, bring in electronic notices for check-ups and add steps against abuse at the National Health Insurance…
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Doctors and dentists in places with no pharmacy would be able to get a permit to sell medicines, under changes MPs passed at first reading.
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All delivered Influvac doses will go to the two national programmes for free flu vaccination.
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The "I Believe and Help" association has given the National Centre of Transfusion Haematology in Sofia its fourth mobile blood donation unit.
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Women with breast cancer cannot find Rezeligo 3.6 mg in pharmacies. The health ministry says at least 8,000 packs will arrive by Friday.
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The health ministry wants the overdose antidote for opioids to be easier to find, as the danger from fentanyl is growing.
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Doctors point to a discrepancy in the time requirements in two clinical pathways and want the pathway for transient ischaemic attack to be rewritten.
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Insured people over 18 can have one more filling or tooth extraction of their choice by the end of December.
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An entrant from Burgas took third place in a national contest for works about the doctor in Bulgaria after 25 years. The awards were announced in…
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New mothers can stay with their baby and the father or another relative in the hospital's two new family rooms. Each room costs €75 a night.
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Minister Katya Ivkova toured the renovated psychiatric unit at Dr Georgi Stranski university hospital in Pleven before its official opening.
