site.btaUPDATED Health Minister Congratulates Nurses for Professional Holiday

Minister of Health Silvi Kirilov congratulated nurses on the occasion of May 12, International Nurses Day, the Health Ministry said on its Facebook page.

Kirilov's address reads: "Always there, on the front line, close to doctors, for decades nurses have affirmed their place as loyal partners in the fight for patients' health. Effective healthcare is unthinkable without your competent work. [...] You are an integral part of everyone's existence – from their first breath of life to their last, despite the compromises it costs you and despite the imperfections of the system. For this resilience and unreserved commitment, which are expressions of your high professionalism, please accept my sincere gratitude."

Commenting healthcare providers' protest in Sofia over low wages, the Minister said that "there are imbalances and we are working on those". He recalled that by a parliamentary decision of August 12, 2024, a strategy is being prepared. "Nursing will become a protected profession. A lot of work is to be done. As we have talked about it, we are raising the image of this profession. A final decision is not made yet. The Education Ministry will propose [legislative] changes to the government and Parliament," he said during a visit to Ruse, on the Danube.