The Lozenetz University Hospital, also known as "the former Governmental Hospital" is one of the biggest

hospital A hospital is a healthcare institution providing patient treatment with specialized Medical Science, health science and auxiliary healthcare staff and medical equipment. The best-known type of hospital is the general hospital, which typically ...

s in Bulgaria. The hospital was founded in 1948 – similar to the practice in former socialist countries – as a governmental clinic with the purpose of providing health care to employees of high state and government institutions. In 1999 the hospital became a national multispecialty hospital under the management of Council of Ministers of Bulgaria. Today the Lozenetz Hospital is a multispecialty hospital, which budget is funded by the state. All clinics in the hospital have a third level of competence, with the exception of the

emergency department An emergency department (ED), also known as an accident and emergency department (A&E), emergency room (ER), emergency ward (EW) or casualty department, is a medical treatment facility specializing in emergency medicine, the Acute (medicine), ...

(first level),

virology Virology is the Scientific method, scientific study of biological viruses. It is a subfield of microbiology that focuses on their detection, structure, classification and evolution, their methods of infection and exploitation of host (biology), ...

and

neonatology Neonatology is a subspecialty of pediatrics that consists of the medical care of newborn infants, especially the ill or premature newborn. It is a hospital-based specialty and is usually practised in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). Th ...

(2nd level). The Lozenets Hospital performs: Diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of patients, monitoring of pregnant women and maternity care, monitoring of chronic diseases and patients at risk of such disease, prevention and early detection of diseases and to healthcare measures, transplantation of organs, tissues and cells. As a multispecialty hospital, all pointed out prophylactic, diagnostic and treatment activities are being performed both as well to representatives of government and public institutions, members of the

Diplomatic Corps The diplomatic corps () is the collective body of foreign diplomats accredited to a particular country or body. The diplomatic corps may, in certain contexts, refer to the collection of accredited heads of mission ( ambassadors, high commis ...

in Bulgaria and the official foreign delegations, as to all Bulgarian and foreign citizens on the basis of contracts with the

National Health Insurance Fund The National Health Insurance Fund or VLK () is a key part of the healthcare system in Lithuania. It was established in 1993. The fund finances primary care largely by capitation payments, with some fees for service and performance related pa ...

or private health insurance funds. University Hospital for Active Treatment "Lozenets" specializes in modern and leading diagnostic and therapeutic activities such as

medical imaging Medical imaging is the technique and process of imaging the interior of a body for clinical analysis and medical intervention, as well as visual representation of the function of some organs or tissues (physiology). Medical imaging seeks to revea ...

, cardiac surgery, invasive cardiology,

endoscopic surgery An endoscopy is a procedure used in medicine to look inside the body. The endoscopy procedure uses an endoscope to examine the interior of a hollow organ or cavity of the body. Unlike many other medical imaging techniques, endoscopes are insert ...

and more. The hospital is multifarious and has 32

clinic A clinic (or outpatient clinic or ambulatory care clinic) is a health facility that is primarily focused on the care of outpatients. Clinics can be privately operated or publicly managed and funded. They typically cover the primary care needs ...

s and departments, three operating units in 22 surgical rooms, cardiac surgery, Invasive cardiology, broad and modern diagnostic center, high-tech equipment, a center for preventive and

occupational medicine Occupational and Environmental Medicine (OEM), previously called industrial medicine, is a board certified medical specialty under the American Board of Preventative Medicine that specializes in the prevention and treatment of work-related ill ...

. Director of the hospital is Lubomir Spasov cardiac surgeon and specialist in liver transplantation. Under his leadership and with direct participation in the University Hospital "Lozenets" for the first time in our country have done unique operations such as coronary artery bypass without ESC, etc. "Beating heart" (April 5, 2000), mitral-valve prosthesis via a unique endoscopic method (May 22, 2003), a

liver transplantation Liver transplantation or hepatic transplantation is the replacement of a diseased liver with the healthy liver from another person (allograft). Liver transplantation is a treatment option for end-stage liver disease and acute liver failure, al ...

from a living donor (November 26, 2004) and others. University Hospital "Lozenets" has a modern diagnostic equipment and laboratories of the last generation.

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