site.btaRenovations of All Nursing Homes Underway, Says Social Policy Minister

Currently, all 81 homes for the elderly in the country are being renovated, said Social Policy Minister Borislav Gutsanov during a national conference of BSP-United Left here on Friday. 

He noted that the capacity of the 81 homes is for 5,600 people and stated that nearly BGN 800 million from the National Recovery and Resilience Plan will be invested in the social sphere. "We are opening 254 new services. This is the most large-scale change that has been made in this area now," he emphasized.

He recalled that 12 illegal homes have been discovered so far and that 400 people have been removed from them in an infinitely miserable condition, adding that it is no coincidence that inspections have begun in this type of social homes, which are illegal and unlicensed. "You all know that such homes existed long before us, but no one dared to enter and the state did not have the will to do so," Gutsanov pointed out.