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Permanent trend among young doctors to stay in Bulgaria

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At an official ceremony in the National Palace of Culture in Sofia, 239 Bulgarian and 357 foreign students from 31 countries, graduates of the Faculty of Medicine of the Medical Academy in Sofia, took the Hippocratic Oath and received their diplomas, BTA reported.

 In front of the young doctors, the rector of the university, Prof. Boycho Landzhov, pointed out that the Medical University in Sofia is a territory of spirit and knowledge, of common principles and shared values, dreams and high morals, built by its predecessors. In his welcome to the graduates, the dean of the Faculty of Medicine at MU-Sofia, Prof. Dimitar Bulanov, said that there was a positive and lasting trend of young doctors wanting to stay and work in Bulgaria. For the first time in more than ten years, 62.5% remain, according to a survey of 2023. In 2022, the ratio was 50% to 50%.



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