"Firefly" in Lovech

The premises have been completely reconstructed - new medical furniture and equipment have been delivered, the walls are painted with beautiful and inspiring drawings, the floor is covered with antibacterial flooring. There are separate sectors for infants, small children and adolescents. Parents accompanying children will have kitchenettes with appliances available.

A new waiting room has been built in the department. The doctor's offices and manipulation rooms have been renewed. The main entrance, lobby and reception office look new and modern.

A free play area has been set aside where young patients can feel like children again and return to their natural home environment.

"Keep doing good and changing the world"

said in his welcome speech the director of the Bulgarian Hospital, Dr. Viktor Taslakov, and presented certificates of appreciation to representatives of the America for Bulgaria Foundation and the For Good Foundation.

Project visualization

Project "Svetulka" aims for every children's department in the hospitals in Bulgaria to have a standard, in them the child patient will be the center of the treatment. Creating such an environment, as it is in the department in Lovech, is only the first step. It is important to continue with a change in relations, in communication between doctors, children and parents, pointed out Nadezhda Rangelova - Boyadjieva, chairwoman of the "For the Good" foundation. She thanked the partners from "America for Bulgaria" and all the donors who supported the project. For me, the biggest change that "Svetulka" makes is exactly in two directions - the change in the attitudes of the society and the change in the understanding of the doctors of what a children's ward should look like. It's an avalanche process. When society realizes what a department should look like, it starts demanding it from all participants in the process, added Rangelova.

"We are seeing the results of the complete transformation of the children's ward. It will contribute to improving the health and lives of children, parents and the community of Lovech"

shared Nancy Schiller, president of the America for Bulgaria Foundation.

Also present at the event was Dr. Nena Osorio, a pediatrician with extensive clinical experience at Weill Cornel Medical Center in New York. She is in Bulgaria at the invitation of the "America for Bulgaria" Foundation to share experience and good practices. Dr. Osorio was very impressed and confirmed that this was the right path of change.

Media coverage

Here you can see the media coverage of the opening of the renovated children's ward at Lovech Hospital under the "Firefly" project. We thank all the journalists and media who publicized this important change and helped our message reach even more people:

• The children's ward at the "Prof. Dr. Paraskev Stoyanov" Hospital-Lovech has been completely renovated.
• The completely renovated children's ward at the Lovech hospital was opened
• The "For Good" Foundation opens the completely renovated pediatric ward at the Lovech hospital under the "Firefly" project
• A hospital that doesn't feel like a hospital. This is the mission of the For Good Foundation
• The Firefly Effect – a collusive group raises a mountain in Lovech

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