Minister of Health on a visit to University Hospital “St. Marina”

The visit of Minister Andreeva was also associated with the Centre for Rare Diseases. Built entirely with funding from donations, the Centre in the University Hospital "St. Marina" presents the first large-scale and ambitious implementation of the idea for providing complex care for patients with various rare diseases. It is a joint project of the University Hospital and the Medical University in Varna in response to the Guidelines of the Council of the EU to the member-states for actions in the field of rare diseases. "To designate suitable expert centres until the end of 2013 and facilitate their construction" is among these guidelines. The Centre will start by designating an expert centre for diagnosing, treatment, rehabilitation and follow-up of patients with thalassemia and hemophilia as well as an expert centre for neuroendocrine tumors and specialized centres for pulmonary hypertension, chronic myelogenic leukemia, cystic fibrosis, etc.