90-year-old doctor climbs hill every day to treat 1,500 mountainous patients
Kiril Apostolov, 90, a general practitioner, leaves his consulting room to visit a patient in the village of Skrat, in the foothills of the Belasitsa Mountains on July 15, 2026. Photo by AFP In 2023, 54.5% of doctors in the EU's poorest country were 55 or older -- the highest proportion of any country in the bloc, according to Eurostat. I have two," said Milka Oumlenova, 88, after a brief consultation.
- ▪Kiril Apostolov, 90, a general practitioner, leaves his consulting room to visit a patient in the village of Skrat, in the foothills of the Belasitsa Mountains on July 15, 2026.
- ▪Photo by AFP In 2023, 54.5% of doctors in the EU's poorest country were 55 or older -- the highest proportion of any country in the bloc, according to Eurostat.
- ▪I have two," said Milka Oumlenova, 88, after a brief consultation.
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Apostolov turned 90 in May but still scales the same hill almost every day to visit his patients at the foot of the Belasitsa mountain range, near the border with Greece and North Macedonia.And his case is far from unusual in Bulgaria, where many general practitioners continue to work well past retirement age because there is no one to replace them, especially in rural areas. Dr. Kiril Apostolov, 90, a general practitioner, leaves his consulting room to visit a patient in the village of Skrat, in the foothills of the Belasitsa Mountains on July 15, 2026. Photo by AFP In 2023, 54.5% of doctors in the EU's poorest country were 55 or older -- the highest proportion of any country in the bloc, according to Eurostat.
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