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Why are medical students going to Bulgaria?
We head to the Eastern European country to find out why it's become so popular with international students - and hear how it's dealing with its own healthcare 'brain drain'.
We head to the Eastern European country to find out why it's become so popular with people from the UK and elsewhere in the world, who are going there to study medicine.
And we hear how Bulgaria is dealing with its own issues in retaining healthcare workers, as it faces a 'brain drain' to other countries and sectors.
Produced and presented by Gill Dummigan
(Image: An international student in a tuition session in Plovdiv, Bulgaria)
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