Delegate: Bulgarian Society of Somnology delegates – Dr. Petar Chipev, Prof. Ivan Staykov
Affiliations: Bulgarian Society of Somnology, InSpiro Foundation, Bulgarian Society of Neurology, ACIBADEM City Clinic – Tokuda hospital, Patient groups “Together with you”, Bulgarian Association of Victims in Car Accidents, Union of Autoservice Sofia, Adapt.bg
Short Bio: Dr. Petar Chipev
– received master degree of medicine 27.12.2012
– pulmonology specialist
– certified expert in sleep medicine – ESRS examination in sleep medicine – 15.04.2015
– co-founder of the Bulgarian Society of Somnology – 25.02.2017
– member of the administrative council of the Bulgarian Society of Somnology – since 25.02.2017
– head of the task force “Sleep-related breathing disorders and non-invasive ventilation” of “InSpiro” Foundation – since 01.2017
Activity: For this year’s World Sleep Day we organized a three day campaign with activities on different topics, concerning different problems in sleep medicine, aiming at spreading information about them to larger audience in Bulgaria through mass media. We’ve managed to engage colleges from our society in interviews on national TV and radio shows, medical websites and printed newspapers. Our activities even entered the News at prime time of national TV media.
15th March – Bulgarian Telegraphic Agency
Activity: Press-conference on the topic “To fall asleep at the wheel – sleepiness as a symptom of obstructive sleep apnea and other sleep disorders”
We organized a joint press conference of sleep specialists from the Bulgarian Society of Somnology, experts in automobile affairs from the Bulgarian Association of Victims in Car Accidents and the Union of Autoservice of Sofia, and patients from patient groups “Together with you”. Journalists were invited to the press-conference to reach mass media representation. For the purpose of our topic we’ve contacted Ministry of Internal Affairs for an official note regarding the problem about automobile accidents on the road in Bulgaria, rate of accidents due to sleepiness at the wheel and possible and undertaken counter measures. We’ve presented the note to the media. An interactive video with TV news about drivers that have slept at the wheel and caused injuries and death in the last few years was shown. We presented information about the rate of different sleep disorders causing excessive daytime sleepiness and representing risk for drivers on the road, legal measures undertaken so far and legal measures needed to be taken in near future in order to reduce the car accidents due to pathologic sleepiness, information about the European Union Directive 2014/84/EU, etc. An official statement of the Bulgarian Society of Somnology regarding the problem was spread out to the State institutions.
Involved personnel: Ass. Prof. Milena Milanova, Ass. Prof. Kiril Terziyski, Dr. Petar
Chipev, Penka Georgieva, Emil Germanov, Vladimir Todorov
In the media:
TV media
Drivers must undergo sleep apnea examinations
Radio
Dr. Peter Chipev: The problem of sleep apnea is not very well known
Internet
Beware, Drivers: Fatigue behind the wheel can cause drama on the road
Drivers are tested for sleep apnea
Victims of crashes are increasing because of falling asleep behind the wheel
They propose drivers to be tested for sleep apnea
Doctors: Drivers to be tested for sleep apnea
Request: Drivers to be tested for sleep apnea
Idea: Drivers to explore for sleep apnea
New Idea: Drivers – A Sleep Apnea Test!
Victims of crashes are increasing because of falling asleep behind the wheel
New idea: Drivers – A Sleep Apnea Test!
Over 200,000 men and 150,000 women in Bulgaria suffer from sleep apnea
Request: Drivers to be tested for sleep apnea
Experts: Drivers to be tested for sleep apnea
16th March – Woman’s marketplace – Sofia
Activity: “The dream catcher” – sleep awareness campaign
Dreams are the most intimate part of the human consciousness. People are not used to share their dreams with others, because they often believe that no one is interested in things they dream: the dream is something unreal that have not really happened and does not represent an interesting information for the others. We do not talk usually about our dreams the way we do not talk usually about our sleep – just no one cares. “The dream catcher” was an activity aiming to show the interest of medicine in ordinary people’s sleep and make people think about their own sleep, something they don’t usually do in their everyday life. During this activity Dr. Petar Chipev was “selling” dream catchers at a famous market-place in Sofia (the capital of Bulgaria). The cost of one dream catcher was “one dream”. The people that wanted to “buy” a dream catcher had to tell a recent or past dream to the doctor on the market stall. That way we made them give a thought about their sleep. People that stopped at our stall also received a little pamphlet with information about what’s normal and abnormal in sleep.
Involved personnel: Dr. Petar Chipev, Dr. Vera Megdanova
In the media:
TV media
Have you ever considered your dreams?
Internet
Sleep is overlooked to often
17th March – ACIABADEM City Clinic – Tokuda Hospital
Activity: Seminar “Good sleep is a reachable dream”
A half-day seminar for doctors, patients and journalists was organized by the Clinic of Neurology and Sleep Medicine of ACIABADEM City Clinic – Tokuda Hospital. Different topics in sleep medicine were discussed through interactive presentations. Patients with different sleep disorders were able to share their experience with their disease and to receive important information concerning their condition. Leading sleep specialists in Bulgaria, members of the Bulgarian Society of Somnology, presented to the audience topics like Insomnias, Sleep-related breathing disorders, Sleep-related movement disorders, Parasomnias and general sleep problems. Attendants also received pamphlets with interesting information regarding common sleep disorders.
Involved personnel: Prof. Ivan Staykov, Prof. Zahari Zahariev, Ass. Prof. Pencho Kolev, Prof. Liubomir Haralanov, Prof. Nikolay Tsankov, Ass. Prof. Kiril Terziyski, Dr. Aneliya Simeonova, Dr. Petar Chipev
Program: “Obstructive sleep apnea and arterial hypertension” – Prof. Liubomir Haralanov, “Insomnias” – Ass. Prof. Pencho Kolev, “Restless legs syndrome” – Prof. Ivan Staykov, “Obstructive sleep apnea and atrial fibrillation” – Dr. Aneliya Simeonova, “REM-related parasomnias” – Ass. Prof. Kiril Terziyski, “Dreams – world beyond reality” – Dr. Petar Chipev, “A doctor in the Antarctic” – Prof. Nikolay Tsankov
In the media:
Internet
Seminar for doctors and patients “Good sleep is an achievable dream” will be held at the Adivabed City Clinic Tokyo Hospital on March 17, 2018 on the occasion of World Sleep Day
Seminar for doctors and patients “Good sleep is a feasible dream”
Press conference on World Day of Sleep
A week before World Sleep Day 2018
The Bulgarian Society of Somnology has also managed to represented sleep in mass media in few TV and radio shows and newspapers in the week preceding the World Sleep Day. Below are a few other activities that we had:
TV media
How to deal with the most common sleep problems?
Having trouble sleeping or good sleep is a dream for you
Special thanks to everyone involved in some way in our activities:
Dr. Petar Chipev – Bulgarian Society of Somnology, InSpiro Foundation
Dr. Vera Megdanova
Antoaneta Megdanova
Dr. Georgi Megdanov
Prof. Kosta Kostov – InSpiro Foundation
Elitza Andonova – InSpiro Foundation
Stanimir Pavlov – Medical center InSpiro
Toni Tanev – Adapt.bg
Penka Georgieva – Patient groups “Together with you”
Vladimir Todorov – Bulgarian Association of Victims of Car Accidents
Zlatina Stoyanova – Bulgarian Association of Victims of Car Accidents
Miroslava Georgieva – Bulgarian Association of Victims of Car Accidents
Emil Germanov – Union of Autoservice of Sofia
Dr. Nikolay Mihnev – Bulgarian Society of Somnology, Bulgarian Society of Neurology, ACIABADEM City Clinic
Dr. Aneliya Simeonova – Bulgarian Society of Somnology, Bulgarian Society of Neurology, ACIABADEM City Clinic
Dr. Neiko Neichev – Bulgarian Society of Somnology, Bulgarian Society of Neurology, ACIABADEM City Clinic
Prof. Ivan Staykov – Bulgarian Society of Somnology, Bulgarian Society of Neurology, ACIABADEM City Clinic
Prof. Nikolay Tsankov – ACIABADEM City Clinic
Prof. Zahari Zahariev – Bulgarian Society of Somnology, Bulgarian Society of Neurology, Medical University of Plovdiv
Ass. Prof. Kiril Terziyski – Bulgarian Society of Somnology, Bulgarian Society of Neurology, Medical University of Plovdiv
Dr. Aneliya Draganova – Bulgarian Society of Somnology, Medical University of Plovdiv
Ass. Prof. Milena Milanova – Bulgarian Society of Somnology, Bulgarian Society of Neurology, Multiprofile Hospital for Active Treatment in Neurology and Psychiatry “St. Naum”
Ass. Prof. Pencho Kolev – Bulgarian Society of Somnology, Bulgarian Society of Neurology, Multiprofile Hospital for Active Treatment in Neurology and Psychiatry “St. Naum”
Prof. Liubomir Haralanov – Bulgarian Society of Somnology, Bulgarian Society of Neurology, National Cardiology Hospital
and to all the journalists and people that got involved in our activities!
Location: Bulgarian Telegraphic Agency, Sofia, Bulgaria; Female’s market-place, Sofia, Bulgaria; ACIABADEM City Clinic, Sofia, Bulgaria;
Date of Activity: 15-17th March
Submitted By: Dr. Petar Chipev
