Military Medical Academy (Bulgaria)

Summary

The Military Medical Academy (MMA; Bulgarian: Военномедицинска академия, ВМА, romanizedVoennomeditsinska akademiya, VMA) of Sofia is a large complex for medical treatment, as well as education, located in Sofia, Bulgaria. It has several branches and smaller clinics in other cities in the country.

Military Medical Academy
The main building of the Military Medical Academy
Map
Geography
LocationTriaditsa, Sofia, BG
Coordinates42°41′3″N 23°18′14″E / 42.68417°N 23.30389°E / 42.68417; 23.30389
Organisation
FundingGovernment hospital
TypeGeneral, specialist
Services
Beds283
History
Opened1891
Links
Websitewww.vma.bg/indexen.php
Other linksList of hospitals in Bulgaria
Navy hospital Varna.

It was established in 1891 as a military hospital and was transformed into a Senior Military Medical Institute (Висш военномедицински институт, ВВМИ) in 1960. The current structure dates from 1989, when the SMMI was unified with the main government hospital, the Navy hospital in Varna, and the Aero-medical research institute in Sofia. Doctors and specialists from the MMA are employed in army units.