There are no clearly defined salaries and good working conditions for medical professionals. This opinion was expressed by the medical assistant and secretary general of the Bulgarian Union of Medical Assistants and paramedics Hristo Ivanov and the paramedic and deputy chairman of the Union Galina Zaharieva.

“From 8,500 paramedics, we have melted down to 2,000. Two thirds work in the Emergency Medical Centers," Zaharieva said. She explained that the production of such cadres was stopped in 1999, and then the training of paramedics was restored in 2014. However, Zaharieva believes that it would be very difficult to quickly recover the lost cadres, because their education takes four years, and those who want it are not many due to the lack of realization in the future.

Ivanov discovered the problem of pay. "We don't get enough pay for the work we do," he said. The expert said that he had to work in several places because of the shortage of staff.

There is no single strategy for health care. No one knows exactly how it will be realized after finishing and what forms of professional growth there will be. That is why colleagues are fleeing outside," says Galina Zaharieva. According to her, the shortage of medical personnel is global and about two million medical specialists are in demand in Europe alone.

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