Part of Ugrinovski's popularity as a neurosurgeon in Macedonia stems from an incident several years ago, when he saved the life of former President Kiro Gligorov after an assassination attempt.
Ugrinovski je kao neurohirurg u Makedoniji stekao popularnost delom i zbog jednog incidenta koji se dogodio pre nekoliko godina, kada je spasao život bivšeg predsednika Kire Gligorova nakon pokušaja atentata.