Hospitals indebted by BGN 303 mln, the State will come to their rescue

Bulgarian hospitals’ aggregate debts, as of June 30, 2011, stood at BGN 303.178 mln and their overdue liabilities amounted to BGN 86.604 mln, Health Minister Dr. Stefan Konstantinov said in Parliament today in response to a question from Dr. Vanyo Sharkov, MP from the Blue Coalition. It also became clear that state-owned hospitals had BGN 243.314 mln in arrears, BGN 53.3 mln of these are overdue. Municipal hospitals' liabilities total BGN 59.864 mln, including overdue debts of BGN 33.232.

Dr. Sharkov voiced concerns that the state of the hospitals will be used improperly in the forthcoming pre-election campaign. According to him, the funds for hospitals have increased significantly in recent years but, paradoxically, their liabilities have grown as well.

“If some people are tempted to make use of this issue in the pre-election campaign, they should go back in time to see when the huge debts were accrued,” Dr. Konstantinov retorted. He assured that a strict fiscal policy was being followed and explained the increase in hospitals’ liabilities with inflation and the higher prices of oil and energy.

A day earlier, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Simeon Djankov announced in Stara Zagora that hospitals’ debts will be settled with funds from the 2012 national budget.

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