Bulgaria does not meet any criteria for modern psychiatry. This was commented in the studio of “Hello, Bulgaria” Dr. Tsveteslava Galabova, psychiatrist, director of the “Saint Ivan Rilski” psychiatric hospital.
„If there are 30 beds in a ward for people with severe mental disorders, it means that the staff should be 10 people – nurses, orderlies, security, caregivers. This does not happen in our country. 99% of psychiatric hospitals in our country are miserable. There must be video surveillance, explained the psychiatrist.
„I know it sounds terrible, but people who are dangerous should be tied up. "There is a huge increase in psychoses as a result of drug use," Dr. Galabova also said regarding the case of a patient who died in a fire at the psychiatric clinic in Varna.
In her words, the state should take care of mentally ill people, and those working with them should receive good salaries.
„Soon we will have to close clinics. A budding psychiatrist in Europe starts with €4,000. In our country, he starts working for BGN 2,000, of which BGN 1,600 remains clean, the psychiatrist also said.