The St. Ekaterina University Hospital (Bulgarian: университетска болница „Св. Екатерина“) is a university hospital in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. It was formed in 1985 as a national centre for cardiovascular diseases led by professor Aleksandar Chirkov. A second centre was established in 1989 also under Chirkov, with the uniting on 3 February 2002 to form the present hospital.[1]
| St. Ekaterina Hospital | |
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 St. Ekaterina Hospital | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Coordinates | 42°41′6″N 23°18′44″E / 42.68500°N 23.31222°E |
| Organisation | |
| Type | Specialist |
| Affiliated university | Saint Ekaterina University |
| Services | |
| Speciality | Cardiovascular |
| History | |
| Opened | 1985 |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Lists | Hospitals in Bulgaria |
The St. Ekaterina Hospital is known for the first heart transplant in Eastern Europe (the then-Soviet bloc) in 1986.
The hospital consists of three dynamic complexes — a diagnosis department, a hospital and an administrative and economic department.
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