Podcast in English
Text size
Bulgarian National Radio © 2024 All Rights Reserved

More than 120 doctors, nurses, orderlies and ambulance drivers lost their lives last year

A minute of silence to honour the memory of medical professionals who died to Covid-19

Photo: Military Medical Academy

In last year over 120 Bulgarian doctors, nurses, paramedics and ambulance drivers lost their lives fighting to the last with Covid-19 and fulfilling their professional and moral duty with dignity, reads a statement of the Bulgarian Medical Association. 


On the occasion of the World Health Day, tomorrow at 12.00 noon healthcare professionals from all hospitals and emergency aid centres in the country will observe one minute of silence and with the sirens of the ambulances on they will honour the memory of their deceased colleagues. 

In Sofia, the ceremony will take place in front of the Monument to the Medical Ranks, located in the garden in front of the Military Medical Academy.



Последвайте ни и в Google News Showcase, за да научите най-важното от деня!
Listen to the daily news from Bulgaria presented in "Bulgaria Today" podcast, available in Spotify.

More from category

Nikolay Denkov

PP-DB will not support a cabinet with Prime Minister Boyko Borisov

GERB leader Boyko Borisov must answer clearly whether he will remove Delyan Peevski from his entourage and return to the European development of Bulgaria, or work with Delyan Peevski and move Bulgaria towards a dictatorship, as Peevski is currently..

published on 10/31/24 2:33 PM
Delyan Peevski

MRF-New Beginning requests investigation into vote-buying signals

An attack on elections is also an attack on national security. With these words, Vice President Iliana Iotova commented on the questions asked by President Rumen Radev about the fairness of the previous parliamentary elections . "From the very beginning..

published on 10/31/24 1:19 PM
Rumen Radev

President Radev demands answers from the institutions regarding the reports of vote-buying

Instead of calming society, the announcement of the election results generated tensions and raised questions about how fair the elections have been, says President Rumen Radev in a position on the early election for parliament, the presidential..

published on 10/31/24 12:05 PM