Nearly three years of delay: repair of the Emergency Department in Pazardzhik ends in August

The project to renovate the Emergency Department at the Pazardzhik hospital is at the final stretch and should be completed in August. Financing and management of the activities are entirely under the supervision of the Ministry of Health.

The delay of more than two years is due to problems with the contractor, which has led to several interruptions of the construction and renovation works. This has caused tension among the medical staff as well as among the patients, Dr. Dimitar Savov, director of RZI-Pazardzhik, who monitors the process on behalf of the ministry, told BNR.

According to him, after a meeting with the new Minister of Health, Ms. Ivkova, and after sending ultimatum letters to the contractor, a declaration was received that the site will be completed on time. “We have been notifying several health ministers for almost two years that the work should start, stop,” commented Dr. Savov.

The director of MBAL-Pazardzhik, Dr. Krasimir Temnilov, stressed that the management has no involvement in financing or choosing the contractor. “This is a European project. The funds are allocated by the Ministry of Health specifically for the construction of an Emergency Department at MBAL-Pazardzhik,” he explained.

After the renovation, the entire first floor and part of the second will be converted into a modern multifunctional emergency department. Admission offices, anti-shock halls, triage and traumatology rooms, as well as a pediatric and a surgical office on the second floor will be provided.

Between 80 and 100 people pass through the hospital’s Emergency Department daily. During the renovation, which began in the autumn of 2023, its activities were moved to the ground floor of the physiotherapy department — a decision that, although inconvenient, is reasonable due to the connection with the intensive care unit and with the surgical departments.

The renovation contract was concluded three years ago for 300 thousand euros, but during this time the prices of materials and labor have risen significantly.

Source: Евроком