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Health Minister: There are enough hospital beds for Covid-19 patients in Sofia district

Kostadin Angelov
Photo: BGNES

“A coordinator will refer patients with coronavirus from the hospitals in Sofia district to hospitals in Sofia,” said Health Minister Kostadin Angelov at a meeting with the directors of the hospitals in Samokov, Etropole, Svoge, Botevgrad and Pirdop. 
At the moment there is a sufficient number of hospital beds for patients with coronavirus in Sofia district, he added. A coordination centre will start functioning at the hospital for infectious diseases by the end of the month, where emergency teams will transport all patients with coronavirus, or suspected of having Covid-19. 


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