Figure 3.2. The distribution of general practitioners varies, with a more than two-fold difference between the lowest (Kardzhali) and highest (Pleven)
Emergency care is not easily accessible in rural and remote areas, especially for urgent Emergency care in Bulgaria is provided by a network of facilities, which include, the emergency departments of 34 public hospitals, 27 Emergency Medical Care Centres and the 200 branches and offer for emergency admission of patients are provided. Medical triage in the emergency medical care infrastructures. Approximately 1 0o0 oo0 people live in hard-to-reach and remote areas with difficult emergency medical services exceeding 30 minutes. Access by motor vehicles is severely limited in some areas due to undeveloped or compromised road networks, difficult terrain, and complex weather conditions. According to the national statistics, the current location of emergency medical care structures 4 000 people. Around 30% of Bulgaria's territory is mountainous, which, combined with severe winter