Pirogov Hospital
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Emergency medicine
Emergency medicine is a medical specialty in which physicians care for patients with acute illnesses or injuries which require immediate medical attention. While not usually providing long-term or continuing care, emergency medicine physicians diagnose a variety of illnesses and undertake acute...
in Sofia
Sofia
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, the capital of Bulgaria
Bulgaria
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. It was founded in 1951 and has a capacity of 795 hospital beds, 33 clinics and departments and employed 2,418 medical and other staff. It was named after Russia
Russia
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n surgeon Nikolay Ivanovich Pirogov.
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Image:PirogovTraumatology2.jpg|Waiting Hall to Orthopaedic trauma in Pirogov Hospital
Image:PirogovTraumatology.jpg|Happy end - removal of a leg cast in Pirogov Hospital