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Our youngest outpatients can receive examinations at the pediatric offices of Nadezhda Hospital and Medical Center Nadezhda in Paradise Center.
Examinations
At Medical Center Nadezhda in Paradise Center, floor 3, the following pediatricians conduct pediatric consultations under the “Children’s Health” packages, or outside of them:
- Petrana Petrova-Marinova, M.D.
- Vanya Despotova, M.D.
- Elena Semerdzhieva, M.D.
- Irina Bozhinova, M.D.
- Leda Karagyozova, M.D.
- Edwin Chachi, M.D.
- Associate Professor Ralitsa Georgieva – only for transfontanelle ultrasonography
At Nadezhda Hospital in the pediatric office, the following pediatricians perform examinations only outside the children’s consultations under the Children’s Health packages:
- Dr D. Stoichkova
- Dr Elena Semerdzhieva
- Dr Anna Valova
- Dr Maria Dimitrova
- Dr Irina Bozhinova
- Dr Valentina Tomova
- Dr Ivo Pavlov
- Dr Tatyana Ralcheva
The pediatric office performs examinations and consultations for all conditions that necessitate an outpatient examination of children of up to 18 years.
- prophylactics (children’s consultations with an assessment of the physical and psychomotor development)
- vaccine treatments (only as part of Children’s Packages at Paradise Center)
- treatment activities (for children aged 0 to 18; acute and chronic conditions).
Nadezhda Hospital has the possibility to perform all necessary additional hematological and imaging tests on a scheduled or emergency basis.
Pediatric examinations are carried out both at the Nadezhda Hospital and at the Nadezhda MC in the Paradise Centre, floor 3.
Appointment pre-booking is required online through the hospital website, through the call center at 02441 79 70, 0882 193970.
For the completeness of the consultation with a pediatrician it is necessary to provide previous medical documentation – examinations, tests, discharge summaries.
IMPORTANT!
If you have an appointment for a child’s consultation and he/she is not registered as our patient, a personal profile will be created in our in-hospital system upon their first visit. This requires the parent/guardian to provide the Registrar’s Office with the child’s personal ID number If the parent cannot provide the personal ID number, the examination may not take place.
Children’s consultations at Medical Center Nadezhda in Paradise Center
We will take care of your children just like care for ours!
High-quality, on-time, and well-organized medical care is a priority for any family. Nadezhda’s team of doctors is also a team of parents who know what is needed for children’s health.
At Medical center “Nadezhda” in Paradise Center, floor 3, we created offices for diagnostics and treatment of children. They employ leading children’s doctors – pediatricians, a neurologist, an endocrinologist, a cardiologist, an orthopaedic doctor, a gastroenterologist, an allergist, a urologist, and a dermatologist. We also have a laboratory for fast diagnostics.
We have organized everything necessary for the prophylaxis and treatment of your child, all in one place! In a modern and cozy environment, with cutting-edge equipment, with prior appointment and without patient clustering, at an accessible location.
We offer packages for children’s consultations, with a combination of medical examinations and tests that are important for the prophylaxis and health of each child, with a special discount.
Package 0 - 12 months
A detailed monthly pediatric routine examination (a total of 12):
- General condition and condition of the skin and mucosa;
- Condition of the nasopharynx/throat, belly, excretory system, liver;
- Measurement of weight, height, chest, head, large fontanelle size;
- Temperature measurement and pulse oxymetry;
- Auscultation of the heart and lung to determine the condition of the cardiovascular and pulmonary systems;
- Monitoring and evaluation of the physical and neuropsychological development and abilities based on age;
- Nutrition control and discussion (recommendations for) of the type and regime of nutrition and raising.
*The package has a changed content of the included medical services valid from June 6, 2022. All packages purchased up to this point will be performed in the form in which they were requested until June 5, 2022.
Additionally, the package contains the following elements by months:
- Examination by a pediatric specialist for abdominal ultrasound (1st out of 2) – general screening for birth defects of the excretory system;
- By the doctor’s assessment, a throat/ nasal/ eye swab may be taken – once;
- Transfontanelle ultrasound – once (performed by the pediatrician’s assessment in the first, second or third month);
- Demonstration and advice for massage and exercise in accordance with the age; Recommended acclimatization procedures;
- Discussion and recommentations on rickets prevention and supplementation;
- In the event of newborn hemorrhagic disease – clarification of the type of prophylactic preparations;
- Parent training for daily hygienic habits and needs;
- Issuing of a health and prophylaxis passport, nutrition regime for up to 1 year, anthropometric parameter charts by sex, charts for neurological and psychological development.
- Consultation with an orthopedic doctor – once;
- Immunization with a combined vaccine: Hepatitis B (if no monovalent vaccine was administered upon birth and in the first month); diphtheria; tetanus; pertussis; poliomyelitis; HIB-infection (caused by Haemophilus influenzae type B) – first application;
- Immunization against pneumococcal infection – first application;
- Demonstration and advice for massage and exercise in accordance with the age.
- Immunization with a combined vaccine: Hepatitis B (if no monovalent vaccine was administered upon birth and in the first month); diphtheria; tetanus; pertussis; poliomyelitis; HIB infection (caused by Haemophilus influenzae type B) – second application;
- Demonstration and advice for massage and exercise in accordance with the age.
- Examination by a pediatric neurologist and early screening of autistic traits – performed by the pediatrician’s assessment in the 4th, 5th, 6th ,7th, 8th or 9th month – once;
- Demonstration and advice for massage and exercise in accordance with the age;
- Immunization with a combined vaccine: Hepatitis B (if no monovalent vaccine was administered upon birth and in the first month); diphtheria; tetanus; pertussis; poliomyelitis; HIB infection (caused by Haemophilus influenzae type B) – third application;
- Immunization against pneumococcal infection – second application.
- Demonstration and advice for massage and exercise in accordance with the age.
- Abdominal ultrasound (2nd out of 2) – screening;
- Series of tests: CBC test, 24 indicators (1st out of 2); CRP (1st out of 2); blood sugar (1st out of 2); iron (1st out of 2); Vitamin D – once; IBC – once; total potassium (1st out of 2); non-organic phosphate (1st out of 2); alkaline phosphatase – once; urine – comprehensive analysis with sediment (1st out of 2); urine culture (sterile urine) – once;
- Demonstration and advice for massage and exercise in accordance with the age.
- Demonstration and advice for massage and exercise in accordance with the age;
- Check for scarring from BCG vaccine;
- Children with a negative result will receive a BCG vaccination.
- Demonstration and advice for massage and exercise in accordance with the age.
- Series of tests: CBC, 24 indicators (2nd out of 2); CRP (2nd out of 2); blood sugar (2nd out of 2); iron (2nd out of 2); total potassium (2nd out of 2); non-organic phosphate (2nd out of 2); urine – comprehensive analysis with sediment (2nd out of 2);
- Pneumococcal infection vaccination – 3rd application, not earlier than 6 months after the second application.
- Package Price – BGN 66.25 per month, or BGN 795 in total. The full amount is payable upfront.
- The child monitoring package does not eliminate the need to choose a GP, to maintain a personal health record with an identificatory, and to log in the vaccines administered.
- In the case of the 0-12 Months Package, the third (balancing) maternity/child rearing leave is issued by the child’s GP registered with the National Health Insurance Fund.
- Sick notes for a parent to look after a child due to illness are issued on weekdays by the pediatrician at Nadezhda Medical Center.
- It is advisable that you inform the child’s GP, if you prefer the vaccines to be administered at Nadezhda Medical Center.
- The vaccines from the compulsory vaccination schedule of the Republic of Bulgaria, included in the package, are not paid additionally, as they are free of charge according to the legislative framework. Vaccines outside the immunization schedule are paid for.
- The package is not personally tied to a specific pediatrician. You can book an appointment with different physicians who work on children’s packages, according to your and the child’s needs or the presence/absence of a doctor.
- The other specialists who perform the additional consultations/screening under the package (orthopedist, nephrologist, gastroenterologist, neurologist, etc. depending on the package), outside the general monitoring, examinations, and administration of treatment by the pediatrician, are determined by Nadezhda Medical Center according to the possibilities during the respective period. It is possible for a specialist to make consultations under a package at the time of purchase, but later to be replaced by another.
- The distribution of individual examinations and tests in the package is indicative. Abdominal ultrasound for example – general screening of the excretory system – is mentioned in the second and sixth months, but can be performed in the third, fourth, or ninth, because this is prevention and screening for congenital anomalies of the excretory system. This is also true for orthopedic consultations. Discuss with the pediatrician which is the most appropriate period for preventive examinations to be performed, depending on the individual needs of your child. Due to the busy schedule of the specialists who perform additional preventive/screening consultations for this package, we recommend that you book an appointment at least one month in advance to be able to have the consultation take place in your preferred period or the interval recommended by the pediatrician.
- Please do not book several appointments for an examination by a pediatrician or specialist for additional consultations/screenings, which you will not use later. Call our contact center at +359 2 441 79 70, +359 882 193 970 to cancel the time slot booked in advance, in case you are not be able to use it. This way you will open an opportunity for other children in need to be examined.
- In case the package is used up prior to the expiry of its term, subsequent examinations and tests may be done against payment of the regular prices of Nadezhda Clinical Medical Center and Nadezhda Hospital.
- In case of unused examinations and tests as at the day a certain age is reached or the package expires, these shall remain valid until the end of the respective calendar month. The amounts for them cannot be reallocated or deducted from another package. Amounts under packages already purchased, and using which has already started, cannot be refunded, since this is a package price and with a large discount, while the separate medical services are used with different intensity and duration according to the needs of the child.
- Any organizational and administrative issues are best discussed with the physician you visit the most often.
Package for age group 1 – 3 years
1. Comprehensive check-up by a pediatrician (4 examinations in total):
- Examination of the general condition and the condition of skin and mucous membranes; the nasopharyngeal/throat condition, the condition of the abdomen, excretory system, liver;
- Weighing, measurement of height, chest circumference, head, size of the anterior fontanelle; thermometry and pulse oximetry;
- Auscultation of the heart and lungs to determine the condition of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems;
- Monitoring and assessment of the physical and neuropsychological development and skills according to the age;
- Nutrition control and discussion/recommendations about the type and regime of nutrition and raising.
2. Administration of the vaccines from the compulsory vaccination schedule of the Republic of Bulgaria after check-up by a pediatrician. A Vaccine Passport is issued.
The package includes the following additional examinations and tests:
- Series of tests: urine – comprehensive analysis with sediment (1st out of 2); urine culture (sterile urine); throat swab culture;
- Immunization with a MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) vaccine – first application (аdministered on the 13th month since birth and in case the use of the package starts at the same time).
- A Personal Health Record is issued.
- Check-up by a pediatric neurologist, advice on how to watch out for initial signs of early autism spectrum behavior;
- Immunization with a combined vaccine: Diphtheria; Tetanus; Pertussis; Polio; HIB infection* (caused by Haemophilus influenza type B). Administered on the 16th month since birth but not earlier than 12 months after the 3rd appointment.
- Examination by a pediatrician for echocardiography;
- Series of tests: CBC test – 24 indicators (1st out of 2); erythrocyte sedimentation rate (1st out of 2); iron; blood sugar; urine – comprehensive analysis with sediment (2nd out of 2).
- Examination by a pediatrician for abdominal ultrasound – general screening of the excretory system;
- Series of tests: CBC – 24 indicators (2nd out of 2); erythrocyte sedimentation rate (2nd out of 2), CRP; iron (2nd out of 2).
- Package price – BGN 440 per year. Paid upfront.
- The child monitoring package does not eliminate the need to choose a GP, to keep a personal health record with an identifier and to log in the vaccines administered.
- Sick notes for a parent to look after a child due to illness are issued on weekdays by the pediatrician at Nadezhda Medical Center.
- It is advisable that you inform the child’s GP, if you prefer the vaccines to be administered at Nadezhda Medical Center.
- The vaccines from the compulsory immunization schedule of the Republic of Bulgaria, included in the package, are not paid additionally, as they are free of charge according to the legislative framework. Vaccines outside the immunization schedule are paid for.
- The package is not personally tied to a specific pediatrician. You can book an appointment with different physicians who work on children’s packages, according to your and the child’s needs or the presence/absence of a doctor.
- The other specialists who perform the additional consultations/screening under the package, outside the general monitoring, examinations, and administration of treatment by the pediatrician, are determined by Nadezhda Medical Center according to the possibilities during the respective period. It is possible for a specialist to make consultations under a package at the time of purchase, but then to be replaced by another.
- The distribution of individual examinations and tests in the package is indicative. Discuss with the pediatrician which is the most appropriate period for preventive examinations to be performed, depending on the individual needs of your child. Due to the busy schedule of the specialists who perform additional preventive/screening consultations under the package, we recommend that you book an appointment at least one month in advance to be able to have the consultation take place in your preferred period or the interval recommended by the pediatrician.
- Please do not book several appointments for an examination by a pediatrician or specialist for additional consultations/screenings, which you will not use later. Call our contact center at +359 2 441 79 70, +359 882 193 970 to cancel the time slot booked in advance, in case you will not be able to use it. This way you will open an opportunity for other children in need to be examined.
- In case the package is used up prior to the expiry of its term, subsequent examinations and tests may be done against payment of the regular prices of Nadezhda Clinical Medical Center and Nadezhda Hospital.
- In case of unused examinations and tests as at the day a certain age is reached or the package expires, these shall remain valid until the end of the respective calendar month. The amounts for them cannot be reallocated or deducted from another package. Amounts under packages already purchased, and using which has already started, cannot be refunded, since this is a package price and with a large discount, while the separate medical services are used with different intensity and duration according to the needs of the child.
- Any organizational and administrative issues are best discussed with the physician you visit the most often.
Package for age group 3 – 15 years
The package includes immunizations included in the Bulgarian compulsory immunization schedule, after examination by a pediatrician. The check-up and vaccination appointments are determined depending on the age at which the use of the package starts. A Vaccine Passport is issued.
- Comprehensive check-up by a pediatrician – 1 appointment:
- Examination of the general condition and the condition of skin and mucous membranes;
- Examination of the nasopharyngeal/throat condition, the condition of the abdomen, excretory system, liver;
- Weighing, measurement of height, chest circumference, head, BMI;
- Thermometry and pulse oximetry;
- Auscultation of the heart and lungs to determine the condition of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems;
- Monitoring and assessment of the physical and neuropsychological development and skills according to the age;
- Nutrition control and discussion/recommendations about the regime of nutrition and raising.
- Series of tests: urine – comprehensive analysis with sediment; Urine for uroculture; Throat swab culture;
- A Personal Health Record is issued.
- Check-up by a pediatric neurologist, advice on how to watch out for initial signs of early autism spectrum behavior;
- Examination by a pediatric cardiologist for echocardiography.
- Series of tests: Full blood count with differential blood count, ESR – Westergren, CRP; blood sugar, glycated hemoglobin, ASAT, ALAT, LDH, urea, creatinine, uric acid; lipid profile test (cholesterol, triglycerides, HDL, LDL).
- Examination by a pediatrician for abdominal ultrasound – general screening of the excretory system.
- Package price – BGN 350 per year. Paid upfront.
- The child monitoring package does not eliminate the need to choose a GP, to keep a personal health record with an identifier and to log in the vaccines administered.
- Sick notes for a parent to look after a child due to illness are issued on weekdays by the pediatrician at Nadezhda Medical Center.
- It is advisable that you inform the child’s GP, if you prefer the vaccines to be administered at Nadezhda Medical Center.
- The vaccines from the compulsory vaccination schedule of the Republic of Bulgaria, included in the package, are not paid additionally, as they are free of charge according to the legislative framework. Vaccines outside the immunization schedule are paid for.
- The package is not personally tied to a specific pediatrician. You can book an appointment with different physicians who work on children’s packages, according to your and the child’s needs or the presence/absence of a doctor.
- The other specialists who perform the additional consultations/screening under the package, outside the general monitoring, examinations, and administration of treatment by the pediatrician, are determined by Nadezhda Medical Center according to the possibilities during the respective period. It is possible for a specialist to make consultations under a package at the time of purchase, but later to be replaced by another.
- The distribution of individual examinations and tests in the package is indicative. Discuss with the pediatrician which is the most appropriate period for preventive examinations to be performed, depending on the individual needs of your child. Due to the busy schedule of the specialists who perform additional preventive/screening consultations under the package, we recommend that you book an appointment at least one month in advance to be able to have the consultation take place in your preferred period or the interval recommended by the pediatrician.
- Please do not book several appointments for an examination by a pediatrician or specialist for additional consultations/screenings, which you will not use later. Call our contact center at +359 2 441 79 70, +359 882 193 970 to cancel the time slot booked in advance, in case you will not be able to use it. This way you will open an opportunity for other children in need to be examined.
- In case the package is used up prior to the expiry of its term, subsequent examinations and tests may be done against payment of the regular prices of Nadezhda Clinical Medical Center and Nadezhda Hospital.
- In case of unused examinations and tests as at the day a certain age is reached or the package expires, these shall remain valid until the end of the respective calendar month. The amounts for them cannot be reallocated or deducted from another package. Amounts under packages already purchased, and using which has already started, cannot be refunded, since this is a package price and with a large discount, while the separate medical services are used with different intensity and duration according to the needs of the child.
- Any organizational and administrative issues are best discussed with the physician you visit the most often.
Vaccination Package
The package includes:
– Comprehensive check-up by a pediatrician + Thermometry and pulse oximetry
– Vaccination
– Issuance of a Personal Health Record
* This package is valid for administration of vaccines outside the vaccination schedule. The vaccine is purchased by the patient.
* Package price – BGN 60.
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