Dr. Blagomir Zdravkov Wins Competition to Manage Children's Hospital in Burgas

With an overall score of 5.88, Dr. Blagomir Zdravkov, current director of the Specialized Hospital for Children's Diseases "Prof. Iv. Mitev" won the competition for manager of the Children's Hospital in Burgas. Dr. Toma Tomov ranked second. The infectious disease specialist from Alexandrovska Hospital received a score of 5.63. Third in the ranking is the young anesthesiologist Dr. Ventsislav Dimov with a score of 5.19, and fourth with 5.02 - the economist Dimitar Pomakov. The competition was held in three stages by a Commission specially selected by the Municipal Council in Burgas. On March 10, the final part of the competition was held - the interview with the four candidates.

The results were formed by summing two scores - that for the Program for the management of MBALD of "St. Anastasia" presented by the candidates for the next 3 years and from today's interview. All four candidates impressed the commission, chaired by municipal councilor Dr. Lidia Stefanova. The secretary is Zlatina Georgieva, chief legal counsel of Burgas Municipality, and the members of the commission are Dr. Georgi Pazderov - director of RZI Burgas, Dr. Zheni Stoichkova - chairman of the RK of BLS Burgas and Prof. Dr. Tsvetomir Lukanov - head of the Clinic of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery at Heidelberg University Hospital, Germany, who joined online.

In addition to presenting their hospital management programs in a summary, the candidates solved cases related to their work as potential future heads of the Children's Hospital in Burgas. The pressing issue of the shortage and attraction of medical specialists was also commented on.

"This project is new for the country and will attract people dedicated to the cause and decided to devote themselves specifically to pediatric medicine," said Dr. Zdravkov for the Children's Hospital of Burgas. According to him, it is the most meaningful investment in infrastructure in healthcare in many years. The winner of the competition stressed that he has always been a person who seeks communication with structures and units looking in the same direction.

"For me, this is a mission. I believe that the soul of a hospital is the people," added Dr. Tomov.

After the end of the competition, the Commission is to propose the selected candidate to the Municipal Council in Burgas. Dr. Zdravkov is expected to present his program for the management of the Children's Hospital to the councilors on March 17.