Medical assistants and paramedics are well known, but mostly in emergency and outpatient care and there is no tradition of practicing the profession in hospital care facilities. However, there is an interest in such cooperation on both sides, both from our colleagues and from hospitals. This was said by the Deputy Chairman of the Board of BSLAF Galina Zaharieva at a press conference today.

“We analysed the profession globally and found that in other countries, medical assistants are very well positioned in all hospital structures. Our profession is multifunctional and we can position ourselves anywhere", added Zaharieva.

During the press conference, a memorandum of cooperation was signed between the Executive Director of St. Ekaterina University Hospital, Prof. Dr. Dimitar Petkov, and the Chairman of the Board of Directors of BULAF, Alexander Alexandrov.

With the Memorandum, both sides declared their willingness to build a sustainable framework of partnership and cooperation aimed at developing human resources in healthcare, promoting postgraduate and continuing education, implementing good medical practices, as well as implementing joint initiatives for the benefit of patients and society.

After an analysis at the University Hospital ‘St. Ekaterina’ found that medical assistants could help in organising, administering human resources for the benefit of patients.

“We are not just signing a document, but we are laying a solid foundation for a long-term partnership that will focus on developing human resources in medicine, promoting postgraduate and continuing education, and implementing good medical practices in everyday life,” commented Prof. Dimitar Petkov. He recalled that one of the main problems is the shortage of qualified medical staff, so the hospital declares its clear will to fill this deficit by training new staff.

At the University Hospital "St. Ekaterina’ has three training rooms, monthly, in order not to disturb the work balance of the hospital, between 5-10 people can be trained. "At the moment, the hospital is in dire need of perfusionists (people who take care of the heart-lung machine during cardiac surgery)," stressed Prof. Petkov.

Alexander Alexandrov, Chairman of the Bulgarian Medical Association, said that with the signing of this document, the ambition of the professional organization is to start training more medical assistants in Bulgarian schools so that there is a resource to support Bulgarian healthcare. “We show that when stakeholders work in one direction, in the mutual interest and in the interest of patients, things work out,” said Alexandrov.

He added that currently doctors' assistants are trained at 7 universities in Bulgaria and can take part in all areas of healthcare in Bulgaria.

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