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Patients’ organizations condemn order suspending routine hospital admissions and elective surgery

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Several patients’ organizations in Bulgaria vehemently condemned the order issued by Minister of Health Kostadin Angelov suspending routine hospital admissions and elective surgery in the country over the coronavirus pandemic.  

The organizations are demanding that the Ministry of Health provide treatment for all patients by designating green hospital or green medical corridors. In their words depriving patients with oncological or cardio-vascular diseases of monitoring puts their health and life at risk. 



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