Pirogov Hospital () is a

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for active treatment and

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Sofia Sofia is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain, in the western part of the country. The city is built west of the Is ...

, the capital of

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. It was founded in 1951 and has a capacity of 795 hospital beds, 33 clinics and departments and employed 2,418 medical and other staff. It was named after

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surgeon

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 ...

Gallery

Image:PirogovTraumatology2.jpg, Waiting Hall to Orthopaedic trauma in Pirogov Hospital Image:PirogovTraumatology.jpg, Happy end - removal of a leg cast in Pirogov Hospital

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* 1951 establishments in Bulgaria Hospital buildings completed in 1951 Hospitals established in 1951 Hospitals in Sofia {{europe-hospital-stub