Lack of staff and aging staff reported by the Emergency Services Centers

Lack of staff and aging staff are reported by the emergency centers in the country. The vacancies in the emergency centers in all 27 districts are nearly 750, with the most vacancies in emergency services in Sofia, Plovdiv, Pleven and Burgas. A crisis with the cadres is also reported in the Center for Emergency Care in Blagoevgrad.

How do they deal with the available footage there?

About 30% are the vacancies in the Center for Emergency Medical Care in Blagoevgrad. Eleven medics are in demand in the whole region, with the largest shortage in the branches in Sandanski, Razlog and the regional center.

Dr Hristo Atanasov – Head of Emergency Branch – Blagoevgrad: Advertisements are constantly given in the relevant places, they are searched for as in the past in our branch in Blagoevgrad, but this shortage of medics is observed, despite the fact that the conditions offered by the emergency centers are quite good.

Dr. Svetlana Kitanova - Medic inCSMP – Blagoevgrad: Everywhere there is a shortage of doctors, nurses, everything. I explain this to myself by the fact that young people are not sufficiently motivated, financially motivated.

51 years is the average age of the personnel in the emergency centers in the region. Most disturbing is the picture of paramedics, where the average age is currently about 60 years old.

Dr Krasimir Mihaylov, Director of the Blagoevgrad Center for the Study of Democracy: "The problem with the cadres is very serious in the CSMP - Blagoevgrad. The problem is the ageing of the staff, especially in the case of paramedics, who have been in the emergency care system for many years. Currently, most of them are in retirement age, and at the moment those who replace them are medical assistants.

A long-term solution to the problem of emergency personnel is not visible at least for the time being.

Dr. Krasimir Mihaylov - Director ofCSMP – Blagoevgrad: Paramedics cannot solve the problem with regard to the personnel in the CSMP system. They can be assistants and help in the work of the teams, but they can not replace either doctors or paramedics.

Another big problem that the medics in Blagoevgrad report are the frequent signals that are not urgently needed. However, the teams are also obliged to provide assistance, as they are sent on alert.

Dr. Svetlana Kitanova - Medic inCSMP – Blagoevgrad: "I give this really as an example, because it is the freshest, for a woman who is presented on the phone as having a heart attack with many diseases and is currently suffering from very severe pain and shortness of breath, and the moment we go. The RE-team goes and the woman with her luggage is waiting for us in front of her home with her son and she just wanted us to take her to the emergency room.

Wage increases and other types of material stimulation. These are the main things that would attract young medics to smaller cities in the country, the medics add.

You can watch the BNT report via the button below.

BNT