History

In 1991. Prof. Dr. Atanas Shterev registered in Oborishte Municipality the first private obstetric-gynaecological cabinet in Sofia at 23 Iskar Street. "A few months later, I realized that if I wanted to implement certain ideas, train people, specialists, be independent, I would have to build a hospital. I thought I'd be able to do that in a few years. I succeeded with a lot of work and perseverance towards the goal 14 years later.” (“Career autopsy”, A. Shterev, 2005).

In the beginning, the team of Prof. Shterev was small. One of the earliest staff of the Dr. Shterev Hospital - the embryologist Dimitar Barov - is actively involved in it. Later, thanks to the scientific preparation and practical efforts of the embryologist Barov, in 1997 the method ICSI was successfully applied in the clinical practice in Bulgaria with the birth of the first baby through this method.

Since 1998, the main part of today's hospital team has begun to form. However, in the short term, the medical centre is insufficient, and the available space cannot respond to the increased flow of patients with diverse needs. After ten unsuccessful attempts to start the construction of the hospital, with the patients' faith in its work and new technologies, Prof. A. Shterev achieves his dream and goal - to open a modern reproductive health facility and in vitro procedures at European level.

But let’s keep the timeline - on August 28, 2000, the start of the building of SAGBAL “Dr. Shterev” was given. The hospital is named in memory of Dr. Dimitar Atanasov Shterev, who studied and graduated in medicine in Zagreb and Sofia in 1943.

Many difficulties and problems later with the incredible work and support of many people, on January 8, 2004, the well-known AG Dr. Shterev Hospital opened. In addition to the Shterev family and many other associates, relatives, loyal friends and colleagues take part in the noble cause.

Today, the hospital team counts over 300 people, all of them exceptionally capable and competent specialists: obstetricians, biologists/embryologists, urologists/andrologists, anesthesiologists, surgeons, cardiologists, paediatricians, mammologists, physiotherapists, endocrinos, endocrinos.

Two years after the official opening of the hospital, on December 9, 2006 the maternity ward was opened. In the coming years, thousands of newborns took the first breath of air and much more will bring joy to their parents and to the doctors who have helped in their birth.

In november 2010 the construction of a new modern hospital building, part of which will take over the expansion of the activity of the medical establishments of the Dr. Shterev group, has started.

Just over two years after the start of construction, on January 21, 2013, the new building of Dr. Shterev Medical Complex opened. In the following years, the expanded and renovated maternity ward, the new ward for gynaecology, the genetic laboratory and the aqua sector to the complex were gradually opened.