Pirogov Hospital ( bg, Болница Пирогов) is a hospital for active treatment and emergency medicine in

Sofia Sofia ( ; bg, София, Sofiya, ) is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain in the western parts of the country. The city is built west of the Iskar river, and h ...

, the capital of

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedo ...

. 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

Russian Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...

surgeon

Nikolay Pirogov Nikolay Ivanovich Pirogov (Russian: Никола́й Ива́нович Пирого́в; — ) was a Russian scientist, medical doctor, pedagogue, public figure, and corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1847), one of the ...

Gallery

Image:PirogovTraumatology2.jpg, Waiting Hall to Orthopaedic trauma in Pirogov Hospital Image:PirogovTraumatology.jpg, Happy end - removal of a leg cast in Pirogov Hospital

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* Hospital buildings completed in 1951 Hospitals in Bulgaria Hospitals established in 1951 1951 establishments in Bulgaria {{europe-hospital-stub