About 60 Bulgarian doctors will work with Bulgarian hospital in Istanbul: professor
18 March 2012 | 12:25 | FOCUS News Agency
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Sofia. It is planned that about 60 Bulgarian doctors will work with the Bulgarian hospital in Istanbul, major general professor Stoyan Tonev, chief of Military Medical Academy in Sofia, said in an interview with FOCUS News Agency.
He has committed to the restoration of the hospital after the Turkish government decided to return it to Bulgaria.
The hospital was set up in 1902 by the Bulgarian Exarchate with the help of donations, the biggest one given by Bulgarian 19 c. entrepreneur and banker Evlogi Georgiev. In 1988 the Turkish authorities took away the hospital. A month ago Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said all property of religious communities would be returned.
After overcoming all bureaucratic hurdles the Bulgarian state should take care of the hospital, said prof. Tonev.
It needs around 60 doctors. It will have about 120-140 doctors and nurses in total, with half of them coming from Bulgaria, he added.
After overcoming all bureaucratic hurdles we want to establish a hospital together with the Turkish hospital and work together and treat the Bulgarian and other communities. What is important is to restore the heritage left by patriotic Bulgarians and do it in their memory. That’s why we put a monument to Evlogi Georgiev and Joseph I, a Bulgarian exarch, in front of the building, explained prof. Stoyan Tonev.
Ekaterina PANOVA
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