The Patients with Osteoporosis in Bulgaria celebrate for the first time European Patients Rights’ Day

 

As a part of national activities organized and carried out by the three organizations, members of Active Citizenship Network – The Bulgarian Association for Patient's Rights Defense, Index Foundation and Association “Women without Osteoporosis”, patients with osteoporosis in Bulgaria celebrated for the first time Patients’ Rights Day on April 18, 2008.

 

The European Charter of Patients Rights was distributed to the existing 53 centers of osteoporosis in the country, working within the framework of the National Program for Limitation of Osteoporosis in Bulgaria and covering almost the whole territory of the country.

 

In addition, the branches of Association “Women without osteoporosis” in 10 towns of the country received the European Charter and special badges devoted to 18 April – Patients’ Right Day, and organized local activities for awareness of 14 patients rights. In the town of Russe, a mutual celebration of the First Patients’ Right Day was organized by the local branch of Association “Women without osteoporosis” and the Center of Osteoporosis at Diagnostic and Consulting Center 2 in the town.

 

Accent of the interest of patients with osteoporosis in Bulgaria during the First Patients Right Day was the Right 2: Right to access, because of the very expensive and not accessible for the patients with limited outcome treatment. As a new member of the European Union, Bulgaria is a country with the lowest average outcome of the population and with one of the lowest reimbursement level of osteoporosis treatment.

 

Further, as ongoing activities, students from the National Economic and Financial Gymnasium, who participated in the National press conference in Sofia, organized of Bulgarian Association for Patient’s Right Defense, Foundation Index and Association “Women without Osteoporosis” and distributed leaflets and posters devoted to the patients rights to 12 hospitals and consulting centers in Sofia, will participate in similar events during May 2008 in other two biggest towns of the country. Information: Association “Women without osteoporosis”

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