07.07.2025
Prime Minister Rossen Jeliazkov inaugurated a new high-tech CT scanner and mammograph at the “Dr. Assen Velev” Multi-profile Hospital for Active Treatment in the town of Razlog. During the official ceremony, attended by the Chair of the Health Committee in the 51st National Assembly Prof. Kostadin Angelov, members of parliament, the mayor of the town Krasimir Gerchev, and many other guests, the Prime Minister expressed his appreciation to the doctors and medical staff who put in daily efforts for the health of the people in the region.
Regarding the new equipment, Prime Minister Rossen Jeliazkov remarked: “Today’s acquisition would be nothing without the expertise possessed by the doctors and medical specialists. Modern technology is effective only when it is in the hands of prepared and dedicated professionals.”
The scanner and mammograph are yet another step toward prevention and safeguarding the health of the population in the municipalities of Razlog, Bansko, Yakoruda, Belitsa, as well as the large flow of tourists in the region. Computed tomography is a modern method which, through X-rays and computer processing, provides rapid and precise diagnosis. The integrated artificial intelligence in the new device facilitates the detection and monitoring of structural changes in the body. In the diagnostic unit, the newest digital mammograph from a leading global manufacturer has also been installed. This method uses X-rays to visualize the tissues of the mammary gland and is a key tool for the early diagnosis of breast cancer, especially among women over 40 years of age.
Prime Minister Rossen Jeliazkov also emphasized the importance of the healthcare workers’ commitment to the local community. In his address, the Prime Minister highlighted the government’s long-term priorities in the sector: “Our commitment is to develop young professionals but also to create excellent conditions for those who have already dedicated their life path to the necessary professional, academic, and human engagement.”
Prime Minister Rossen Jeliazkov further stressed the need for consistent and sustainable policies: “We need to seek sustainable solutions—solutions that enable the potential of our educational system, which is among the leading ones in Europe in the field of medicine, to be further developed. Evidence of this is the number of foreign students who are trained in Bulgaria and who successfully establish themselves in countries such as the United Kingdom. There, specialists who graduated in Bulgaria rank second among those entering the system.”
The Prime Minister pointed out that this potential should be developed not only in the capital: “It is necessary to make the medical profession attractive also at the regional level, and not only through concentration in Sofia. This requires dialogue—a conversation with the professional guild and with everyone who demonstrates an active civic stance on this topic,” Jeliazkov added.
