- Rennie Stoyanova
Rennie Stoyanova (born
30 July 1957 ) was a nurse for 25 years inBulgaria . The last 16 years of her nursing career were in ahemodialysis Unit. In 2003 she blew the whistle about a high percentage ofhepatitis virus carriers among her patients for many years due to poorhygiene and lack of control, and - currently - undocumented HD treatment of visiting patients fromBelgium andIsrael . Threatened into silence by the hospital management, she left her job and wrote a book, "Chronicle of a Notified Leave : Hemodialysis Novel". Her book was a passionate account not only of the recent events but also of her long experience as a health worker. Within a year afterwards, the government introduced new standards for good medical practices in the Bulgarian hemodialysis units and elsewhere.*http://liternet.bg/library/bl/s/reni_stoianova.htm
*An "interview": http://www.muse-apprentice-guild.com/fall_2003/1bulgaria/rennie_stoyanova/the_mag.html
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