In the town of. Haskovo held a regular meeting of the Business Council in the Health Sector
On 21.03.2023 at 17:00 in the town of. The regular meeting of the Business Council in the sector of Health in the border regions of Blagoevgrad, Haskovo, Kardzhali and Smolyan was held in Haskovo, the activity is implemented under the project "Business Council - BC 6275" funded by the INTERREG V/A GREECE-BULGARIA 2014-2020 Programme, Subsidy contract № B6.3a.18/13.04.2021.
The meeting was attended by five representatives of the sector from the border regions of Haskovo, Kardzhali, Blagoevgrad and Smolyan. For the meeting was engaged hall "Knowledge" - town of. The meeting was held in Haskovo. It was technically equipped with multimedia, laptop, printer, microphone(s) and sound system, as well as information boards, banner and presentation materials, according to the requirements of the Communication and Publicity Manual of the Interreg V/A Greece-Bulgaria 2014-2020 Programme. In addition, disinfectants as well as water, coffee and tea were provided to secure the coffee break of the event.
The moderator of the event welcomed all attendees, leaving time for a brief introduction of the new business council members. A few minutes were taken to present the Rules of Procedure of the BS in the health sector.
The focus of the free discussion was on the existence of numerous gaps and contradictions in the current legislation. As one of the most significant problems that the members of the Council highlighted was the commercial status of the hospital care institutions with dominant participation of the state, which in turn leads to inefficient ways of financing them.
A member of the council present at the meeting explained to the project management team how, when there are sufficient funds in the District Health Funds, especially in small settlements, hospitals are being closed due to lack of patients and therefore lack of funding. Thus, doctors working locally are not able to earn enough money, even for their own salaries, hospitals are closed and the few remaining people in the border municipalities do not have access to hospital care.
The members of the sector council present at the meeting, together with the project management team, decided to organize a roundtable between representatives of the NHIF, local authorities, doctors and patient, in order to initiate legislative changes and health reform to take place in a way that will be beneficial for all concerned.
