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Dr. Georgi Stranski University Hospital is a major
During the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878, numerous Russian surgeons were active in the area during the
hospital
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located in Pleven
Pleven ( ) is the seventh most populous city in Bulgaria. Located in the northern part of the country, it is the administrative centre of Pleven Province, as well as of the subordinate Pleven municipality. It is the biggest economic center in ...
, Bulgaria
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. It is one of the oldest in the country, as well as the largest in northern Bulgaria.
History
The hospital was established in 1865, before theLiberation of Bulgaria
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from Ottoman rule, as a waqf
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treatment center under the personal orders of Midhat Pasa. Its first location was on the grounds of the local imaret
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, and its staff at the time consisted only of a foreign military doctor and two servants. He died in 1869, and was replaced by Dr. Robert Geiser, a Swiss
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national who was in charge of the hospital until 1877.
During the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878, numerous Russian surgeons were active in the area during the Siege of Plevna
The siege of Plevna or Pleven, was a major battle of the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878, fought by the joint army of the Russian Empire and the Kingdom of Romania against the Ottoman Empire. After the Russian army crossed the Danube at ...
. Nikolay Pirogov
Nikolay Ivanovich Pirogov (Russian: Николай Иванович Пирогов; – ) was a Russian scientist, medical doctor, pedagogue, public figure, and corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1847), one of the most wi ...
was among them, and Bulgarian physician Georgi Stranski
Georgi Ivanov Stranski (; 13 August 1847 – 17 January 1904) was a Bulgarian physician and politician. A close friend of Hristo Botev, Stranski was an active member of various organizations founded by Bulgarian emigrants in Romania (the United ...
, a close friend of revolutionary Hristo Botev
Hristo Botev (, ), born Hristo Botyov Petkov (Христо Ботьов Петков; – ), was a Bulgarian revolutionary and poet. Botev is considered by Bulgarians to be a symbolic historical figure and national hero. His poetry is a prim ...
, was also present. Shortly after the war—in 1879—Stranski became the hospital's first manager, albeit only for a year. The hospital was enlarged and moved to its current location in 1896.
Activities
Its departments provide care ingynecology
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, a full range of internal medicine
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treatment, surgery
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, orthopedics
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, urology
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, otorhinolaryngology
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, ophthalmology
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, neurology
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, pediatrics
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, dermatology
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, infectious diseases
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and psychiatry
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. The hospital also provides all major diagnostic procedures, emergency care
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and rehabilitation. Its staff consists of 430 MDs, including students and seasoned specialists, and 860 assorted specialist staff.
Robotics
The hospital is known for itsrobot-assisted surgery
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using the Da Vinci Surgical System
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. It is one of only three hospitals in Bulgaria operating the system, the first one to implement it in the country, and the only one with two Da Vinci systems. The robots are used for gynecological, urological and gastrointestinal surgery. Four surgical teams perform up to two robotic surgeries daily.
There is also a social robot that helps patients communicate with doctors when the latter are not physically present using online conference calls.
See also
* Medical University PlevenReferences
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