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Assoc. Prof. Dr. Diana Radkova from UMHAT "St. Marina" - Varna Received "2020 Physician of the Year" Award


Assoc. Prof. Dr. Diana Radkova from the Department of Infectious Diseases, Parasitology and Dermatovenereology at University Hospital "St. Marina" - Varna received "2020 Physician of the Year" Award of the Bulgarian Medical Union in the recently established category - "Fighting the Covid-19 Pandemic". Nominations were sent from all over the country. A jury selected the winners, adhering to the preliminary regulation to vote for the already submitted nominations. 11 doctors and four hospitals were distinguished.

The official "2020 Physician of the Year" award ceremony took place on 19th October in Sofia. The President of BMA, Dr. Ivan Madzharov, said that during that strenuous year, everyone needed to distance oneself at least for a while from the tremendous burden they had been subjected to in their daily combat with this insidious disease and reminded that everyone had to comply with the epidemic measures and observe the rules of disinfection, distance and personal hygiene.

Diana Kovacheva, the Ombudsman of Bulgaria, Prof. Kostadin Angelov, the Minister of Health, Mrs. Yordanka Fandakova, the Mayor of Sofia, members of Parliament, hospital directors, representatives of various health organisations, physicians were among the official guests at the ceremony.