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Regional center of healthcare, Multipurpose hospital for active treatment, Hospital base for active treatment to Military medical Academy-Sofia, 16 diagnostic-consultative medical centers, 16 laboratories and 273 group physician and dentist practices function on the territory of Pleven municipality. First-aid, Hygiene-epidemiological authority, Regional center for transfusing hematology, Children's home for medical-social cares additionally support the prophylactics and treatment of the citizens in municipality and region. The specialists of diagnostic-consultative centers and group practices entirely conduct out of hospital medical treatment. The bringing up and education of children from 1 to 3 years old is carried out in 8 creches that accommodate 480 children. A baby kitchen is operating in the town of Pleven that provides daily food for 1200 children.
The social services, offered to citizens are provided in Old People Home, situated nearby town with 60 places and two home social patronages, capable to attend to 450 persons, center for rehabilitation and social integrity, 5 cultural clubs for the disabled. The multipurpose hospital for active treatment is situated on an area of 102 899 square meters. The hospital has available diagnostic-consultative sector, 62 reception-consultative offices, 9 medico-diagnostic laboratories, center for hemodailysis, pharmacy and administrative-economic block. There are included 4 wards in the hospital with dispensary functions – dermatology and venereal ward, psychiatry ward, tuberculosis and lung diseases ward, oncology ward. Hospital base for active treatment to Military medical Academy attends to military people from Pleven, Lovetch, Gabrovo, V.Turnovo and Russe districts. The base has diagnostic-consultative sector, surgery ward, internal diseases, psycho-neurology, physiotherapy, anesthesiology and intensive treatment, clinical and microbiological laboratories. Since the beginning of this year the base operates a computer tomography. A unique laboratory in nephrite physiology has been opened. The Medical Institute prepares around 700 future doctors, including foreigners in this number. The education is conducted by high skilled lecturers in contemporary equipped teaching halls, the practical preparation and specialization in the Multipurpose hospital for active treatment. The Medical College prepares about 250 students in four majors – nurses, rehabilitators, midwives and laboratory technicians.
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