« If retired doctors leave, we close »: power promised another BGN 12.5 million for psychiatrics
Unanimously with 16 votes in favor of the Health Commission in Parliament, Finance Minister Temenuzhka Petkova and Health Silvi Kirilov to take the necessary action before the Council of Ministers to secure BGN 12.5 million for the average of the average wage of the working time since May 202 Consultations with the two ministers, MPs and directors of state psychiatric hospitals. Temenuzhka Petkova promised that the funds will be provided: « The Ministry of Finance not only supports the decision, but will also provide the resource. I want people to be calm. »
The state psychiatric hospitals have united about 3 requests presented by Donka Gospodinova, director of the hospital in Sevlievo during a meeting of the Health Commission in Parliament today, at which Petkova and Kirilov were heard.
Among them are:
- increase in the salaries of workers in state psychiatric hospitals by 50% of this year, provided by the budget 2025;
- Binding pay in the average wage psychiatrics
- Changing the Category of Work to a second category
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« These 5%given by the budget, for the increase in salaries are, to put it mildly, offensive. It works in extremely difficult conditions. We have no doctors, nurses, nurses. No one will come with these rewards, » Gospodinova commented. According to her, the basic salary of the nurse at the State Psychiatric Hospital is 1077 BGN, a nurse – 1660 BGN, a doctor without a specialty – 2000 BGN, a doctor, the head of the ward – 2600 BGN.
These people work one on a shift. We have no staff and young doctors. If the retirees come out of our ranks, we close. Over 30% of our employees are retirees and are still in retirement age
Donka Gospodinovadirector of the hospital in Sevlievo
According to Tsvetelava Galabova, director of St. Ivan Rilski Psychiatric Hospital, psychiatrists work not only outside the European but also outside the Bulgarian standards. The European Standard in Acute Department requires a ratio of staff patients 1: 2 to 1: 3, with us 1:10 to 1:15. There will be no avid people or suicide, as in Alexandrovska, but any incidents, because we cannot preserve them.
She also said the situation was catastrophic.
No one comes after us. Neither sisters nor doctors come. There is no way to come a doctor for 2000 leva starting salary when at Lidl starts with 2600 levs. No one will come, we are in front
Tsvetelava Galabovadirector of St. Ivan Rilski Psychiatric Hospital
Galabova added that the orderman, who receives a minimum wage, is also relied upon to be a security, because there is no such thing in these medical establishments.
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Iva Nakova from the State Psychiatric Hospital in Tserova Koria said that workers in the sector are ready to resign collective resignations.
