Health Minister Mexhiti Comments on Multiple Topics

Regarding the termination of the contract with the contractor that built just 30% of the Clinic Hospital in Stip, Health Minister Fatmir Mexhiti said a tender procedure would be organised in six months to choose a company that would resume construction.

The Minister also announced that there would be construction of a hospital in Kicevo too. When it comes to Skopje, without specifying the location and when construction would start, the Minister announced a new clinic centre in the capital as well. As far as the issue of cystic fibrosis is concerned, it will be known next week how many patients will get TRIKAFTA, which will arrive not later than the end of the year.

Patients have been promised also a new centre in the frames of Institute of Pulmonary Diseases in Children, located in Kozle. As regards the attempted suicide at the Gynaecology Clinic by the 39- year-old mother, the report from the commission still hasn’t arrived. “Once we have a report, we will share it with media,” he noted.