More Neglected Buildings in Yambol's Main Hospital

Yet more evidence of neglect and lack of investment in Yambol's main Hospital grounds. As you can see the facade of this building is in a state bordering on dangerous. How much longer will it sit there unattended?

Outdoor Hospital Bed in Yambol

Whilst walking through the main Hospital grounds in Yambol I came across a section where someone was sleeping under the stairway. Surely not normal to have patients sleeping in beds outside. Notice also there is a stairway to nowhere. By the way this place is a surgery that treats children.

Rubbish Tip by Yambol Hospital Entrance

This quite surprised me when I saw it. A load of rubbish dumped by one of the entrances in the main Yambol hospital. Not what you expect in a place for health.

Neglected Community Seating Area in Yambol's Main Hospital

This seating area is situated in Yambol's Main Hospital grounds provided for both patents and visitors. It has seemingly been neglected over the years to the point of not being functional now. Yet another example of the deterioration due to lack of funding of the health service in Yambol.

Security Check Into Yambol's Hospital In Times Gone

This entrance into Yambol's Main Hospital used to have security checks in the past. Today it is a sorry sight seeing the abandonment of this bastion of Communist times. the posh apartments you see in the background were not there at this time. 

New Banitsa Shop Opens Next to Yambol General Hospital

A new banitsa shop where the pastries are made on the premises have opened recently. Opposite the Yambol General Hospital is a good place for business. I can tell you that the banitsas are quality, but not too good for the health if eaten daily. Once or twice a week it becomes a special treat for breakfast. 

A Great Spread Of A Tree In The Yambol Hospital Grounds

This canopy gives a great spread in the hospital grounds in Yambol. This is a nice wooded part of the hospital complex and gives a good place to patient to walk around to aid their recovery, that is if they can walk of course.

Repairs Needed To Yambol's Hospital

There may be many new private hospitals going up in Yambol bu the man municipal hospital needed much investment to repair the crumbling walls. Isn't it always the case that making money out of the health care is more important that looking after the bulk of the population who can't afford private healthcare.

A Yambol Man On Crutches - Ice And Snow To Blame

Snow and ice cause accidents as I caught site of one such Yambol man who was walking back form the hospital on crutches. You can guarantee that you will see many people will be incapacitated with winter here and ice on the ground. I had to feel sorry for him, he obviously couldn't afford a taxi and had no smile on his face for the photograph as he approached me. However he did cheer up a bit when I explained to him his picture would be on the Internet for the world to see. Funny how he didn't really care that hew was pictured with crutches!

Shooting In Yambol

Yambol. Investigation of the shooting in the town of Yambol is underway. 53-year-old T.Zh. sitting in a Lada car shot at a mother and her child in the southern city of Yambol on Wednesday evening. The woman is out of danger, while the child died. The gunman was noticed in the village of Kozarevets, 20 km from the city of Yambol, the Ministry of Interior Regional Directorate-Yambol announced. The man shot his uncle as well-the 71-year-old M.T. e is out of danger. The Ministry of Interior Regional Directorate-Yambol received a signal at 5.45 pm on Wednesday night a woman and her child were shot in Hale residential quarter between block 13 and 5.

The police acted quickly and professionally in solving the serious criminal incident in the city of Yambol.According to the witnesses information the shooter has driven away with a VAZ car with Yambol registration towards the village of Kozarevo. It was found the 53-year-old man started arguing with his uncle in the village of Kozarevo and shot him. Then he got on his car and set off for the city of Yambol. There while passing by a residential block of flats he shot at a mother and her child.

The Ministry of Interior Regional Directorate-Yambol received a signal at 6.10 pm the 71-year-old M.T. was shot by his uncle.

Later the police found the shooter on the road to the village in a serious condition after being involved in a crash. He was rushed to the hospital in a coma. He was indentified as T.Zh.-56-years-old. The police found the man was living in the same block with the shot mother and child. The officers found Makarov gun in the crushed car, legally owed by T.Zh. The shooter died at about 7.00 pm.

Source: www.focus-fen.net

Yambol's Hospital Toilet - Funds Needed Obviously

As we visited the hospital today to see one of our friends who was there we took a trip to the toilet. This toilet is for the use of patients there. What you see is typical of the requirement of updating, repairing and modernising that is needed in this hospital, but there are no funds to do so. Most funds are put into the development of businesses unfortunately. At least the toilet works.

Another Yambol Bike

A visit to the local hospital saw this bibcyle of character parked by the entrance. These are common in Yambol and is one of my wants one day. I never had a chopper type when I was younger and now is my chance to acquire one. These aren' t of course chopper bikes, but they get Bulgarians effectively and cheaply albeit rather slowly. Slow is the Bulgarian way though.

Rila Monastery Fresco in Yambol's New Hospital

This fresco is on the wall of the new private hospital in Yambol. It shows a portrait of St John of Rila who was thought to have founded the monastery there in the 10th Century. under the portrait is the Rila monastery itself with St John being carried on his death bed to be buried there. the Rila monastery is still functioning as a monastery and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and obviously a big tourist attraction in Bulgaria. It had been rebuilt in the 15th and survived the many invasions from foreign parts many due to the Russian Orthodox link and therefore Russian funding and protection even through he Turkish Ottoman rule.

Brand New Yambol Private Hospital

This is the new private hospital in Yambol that opened last year. It has all the modern facilities and many operations are performed there. On the wall in the reception is the cost of the operations varying from aroudn 200 to 1800 Bulgarian Lev, but more for expatriates as this is the unwritten law in Bulagaria even though EU law states that they should pay the same as Bulgarian citizens. Galia was operated on the there a few weeks ago by her cousin who works there.

Yambol's Tundzha River

Another view of the beautiful River Tundzha that runs through the heart of Yambol sourced from the mountains in the north and continues into Turkey in the south. This time the view is from the outskirts from Yambol's Town Park about one kilometre west of the Yambol City Centre. the actual exact location is from a bridge inot the park where the new private hospital has recently been built.

Yambol Hospital Complex

This is the main hospital in Yambol on the outskirts of the town. Many of the buildng there qare in disrepair and need more than a facelift. There are new sections that have been built over the last few years so some improvement to the complex has been. A very professional and caring staff work there and they deserve better, but without money it's more than difficult.

Hearse Parked Outside Yambol Hospital

There is no consideration as this hearse is seen every single day parked outside the Yambol Hospital. All visitors have to walk past it to see their ill friends or relatives. It must be a worrying moment as they are reminded of the the possibilities of the hearse being hired. Sometimes I see a dead body in the back (in a uncovered coffin) whilst the driver parks up to get a coffee from the shop opposite the hospital. Death is not hidden here and no calls for being more discrete.

Yambol's Hospital - The Accident and Emergency Centre

No more than 200 metres from where I live in Yambol is the hospital, a massive complex. This is the accident and emergency centre where the ambulances run in and out frequently. Visits to the hospital luckily for me is only to see friends and family there, let's hope it stays that way.

Horse and Cart, Normal!

Although the horses and carts are now banned from the centre of Yambol town, it is very much a common sight less than 1 kilometre away. This picture was taken this morning just 10 metres from the main Yambol hospital. As always Bulgarians love their picture being taken as you can see.

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North Road Junction

The Junction looking westward. I have spent much time watching cars jump red light here! Turn left and you head towrds Benkovski a well known gypsy ghetto, (its not that bad, been there a few times). turn right and you head toward the town centre, straight ahead is the hospital and the road behind to Sliven a bigger and more posh town north of Yambol.

I live 400 metres from this junction