Former Health Minister Prof. Hristo Hinkov has described as unacceptable the reported salary of around 40,000 euros for directors of state hospitals , in comments made to bTV. He welcomed recent disclosures on high remuneration in public healthcare institutions, calling it “a very positive action” by Health Minister Katja Ivkova to make such information public. Hinkov referred back to earlier controversies during his own tenure, including the case involving irregularities at “Pirogov” hospital,