Medical Treatment in Bulgaria 'Disrespectful' - Burgas Bombing Survivor

Israeli Gilat Kolangi, who lost her husband Itzik in the July 18 terror attack in Bulgaria, has described the medical treatment she got in Sofia after the attack as "disrespectful".

The July 18 terrorist attack in Bulgaria's Burgas, at the Sarafovo Airport, killed 5 Israeli tourists and one Bulgarian, when an alleged suicide bomber or a mule blew up a bus packed with tourists, heading for the Sunny Beach resort.

Gilat Kolangi, was seriously wounded in last month's terror attack on a tourist bus in Burgas, Bulgaria, recalled for the first time, the difficult moments of the attack, IsraeliNationalNews.com reported.

In an interview with the Israeli Army Radio, Kolangi said, "I'm slowly recovering, but the situation is improving. The attack is something you try not to think about in your everyday life, but there's no way that it doesn't pop into your head occasionally."

She recalled the last sentence her husband Itzik said to her, "Gilat, go up on the bus and grab us a seat." She said that sentence is still echoing in her head. "That's how he basically saved my life. He stayed below, right next to the terrorist," she said.

Kolnagi recalled, "I put my foot on the first step of the bus, there was something going through my head, but I thought nothing of it. I looked to my left, and that was it - I do not remember anything else. There was a blast and everything was erased from my memory.

"The next thing I remember is the hospital in Sofia. Then I was sedated and when I woke up I saw a blanket over me with the symbol of the Beilinson Hospital on it."

She added that the medical treatment in Bulgaria was "disrespectful" and praised the conduct of the doctors at the Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva.

Kolangi also criticized the government ministers and Knesset members, saying none of them bothered to come to her husband's funeral and shiva.

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