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Renovation of Bulgaria's Emergency Medical Aid under way

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On February 9 in the town of Byala, Minister of Health Prof. Kostadin Angelov will start the construction, reconstruction and repair of the sites of the emergency medical care system in the country. This is the beginning of a major investment project funded by the EU under the Operational Program "Regions in Growth" 2014-2020. For the branch in Byala  an entirely new building is to be constructed.

With a budget of over 838,000 euros, the project will completely renovate and modernize 237 emergency medical care facilities, including the 27 emergency medical care centres with their 170 branches, 6 outsourced teams in the municipalities, as well as the 34 emergency departments in the state medical institutions, the Ministry of Health announced.



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