The new technique applied by the team of the Clinic of Orthopaedics and Traumatology headed by prof. Asparuh Asparuhov, guarantees longer joint life without subsequent revision. Both surgeries are elective and were performed as part of the first Esculap Academy of Orthopaedics with guest Dr. Günther Wasser, one of the pioneers in navigational knee arthroplasty. The interventions lasted nearly an hour and were performed by the clinic team with the participation of Dr. Wassmer. The same day, after coming out of anesthesia, the patients were up on their feet and rehabilitated.
Heart and Brain’s heart team in Pleven performed aortic valve replacement for the hundredth time by bloodless method
The heart team of Heart and Brain Center of Clinical Excellence in Pleven performed for the hundredth time aortic valve replacement by a bloodless method, the hospital said. The innovative procedure was applied to an 83-year-old patient who trusted the multidisciplinary team of the following departments: invasive cardiology – Dr. Pavlin Pavlov and Dr. Denis Nikolov, cardiology – prof. Dr. Iana Simova, cardiac surgery and resuscitation – Dr. Yordan Krasnaliev and Dr. Yordan Kotlarov.
In the hospitals of the Bulgarian CardiacInstitute, this intervention is absolutely free of charge for the insured persons and the results are world-class, as the method ensures the wellbeing of patients. Transcatheter aortic valve implantation is becoming the world standard for the treatment of high-risk patients.
The patient is feeling well, the medical institution in Pleven clarified.
You can read the full article here in Bulgarian.
Prof. Toni Vekov to the Bulgarian National Radio: The NHIF has set unrealistically low budgets for the hospitals
“We do not expect to receive money for over-limit activity, at least not until September. This request was considered several times in February and March, and despite the availability of funds in the NHIF, the fulfilled medical services left uppaid,” said Prof. Vekov.
According to him, the main problem is that the National Fund has set some unrealistically low budgets for the hospitals. Monthly limits and the national health card are the two main instruments that hinder competition between hospitals, and therefore prevents the free choice of the patient and worsens the quality of healthcare in Bulgaria.
The full interview can be found here in Bulgarian.
‘Heart and Brain’ Burgas with an open letter to the Minister of Finance and the SB of the NHIF: The money collected for health from the whole population, Mr. Minister, is not yours!
The people of Burgas and the region were given the opportunity for robotic treatment, but they will have to pay for the surgeries
In the published protocol of the Supervisory Board of the NHIF from the meeting on 19 May 2022, became clear the illegal and incompetent manner in which the monthly and indicative values of the regional health funds for the new medical activities in hospital care for the period June – December 2022 were approved. The decisions taken and the allocated individual budgets per hospital are in serious violation of the Health Care Act and violate the fundamental values and rights of citizens in Bulgaria and the EU, the open letter says.
The full text is published here.
Dr. Tony Statelov: The most important thing for me and my team is to continue to gain the trust of patients, says the urologist
There are several main factors that are the basis of the success – the good selection of specialists from all over Bulgaria, investments in equipment, the desire to apply the novelties, algorithms and the most modern models in diagnosis and treatment and last but not least – respect for the patient. For us every case is a cause!