Balgarianovinite.com The National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) has referred hospitalization cases to the prosecution service to determine whether patients’ personal data were misused, the NHIF Governor, Assoc. Prof. Petko Stefanovski, told reporters on Thursday. He noted that regional health insurance funds checked 258 hospitals after data indicated that 4,155 patients registered for treatment had been found in gambling halls.
Of these patients, the regional funds were unable to contact 1,659, while 234 refused to cooperate. The remaining patients confirmed that they had been hospitalized during the period when they were reported to have visited gambling halls. Ten percent of the patients said they had played online gambling games while hospitalized. The National Revenue Agency found no evidence of online betting, confirming that the patients had been physically present in gambling halls. Nearly 8% of the patients admitted leaving the hospital during their stay.
Stefanovski also noted that 85 patients reported that their identity card data had been used by others. Eleven patients said they had been in hospital but had not stayed overnight, resulting in fines for the hospitals totalling nearly EUR 60,000.
According to an analysis NHIF published on its website, a total of 2,317,179 hospital stays under clinical pathways were reported between January and December 2025, representing a 2.61% increase compared to the same period in 2024. The highest number of clinical pathways was recorded mainly in the country’s largest regional cities—Sofia, Plovdiv, Burgas, Pleven, and Varna—where most healthcare facilities are concentrated. National Health Insurance Fund Refers Hospitalization Cases to Prosecution Service over Possible Misuse of Patients’ Personal Data 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-03-05 16:25:17 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law