Aliu: We will disperse the services of oncological patients where there are conditions

Health Minister Azir Aliu announced at today’s press conference that the basic services for oncological patients across the country will be dispersed, where they can be allowed by law.

-We will disperse the services, those who are basic and that can be allowed by law will be available to the citizens for the closest where they live. But on the other hand, we must be sure that those drugs they need to receive are kept in appropriate conditions, so the whole program will have conditions for monitoring, ie treking system – said Aliu.

He says that as health minister, he is ashamed of the infrastructure conditions of the Oncology Clinic.

« Unfortunately, I personally saw the picture there, if you entered oncology, it looks like everything, not just a clinic that should treat such patients. The first thing I announce is the creation of dignified conditions for the waiting rooms, as there are no seating chairs there. And we should all be ashamed and I as Minister of Health with such infrastructure- said Aliu.

Regarding the lack of tablet hormone therapy for oncological patients and how far the procedure is, the solution is six months before the contract expires with the existing tender and company, that each clinic has to open and close the process.

« Unfortunately, the procedures are such in the state that if something happens in the tendency process you will have to wait and this was one of the points to overcome this problem and we found a solution, the solution is to be able to open and close the process of each institution before the expiration of the contract with the existing tender and company. What happens, if by accident at that time because of the way it happened now, for the sake of reasons, legal, or human or other factors, we have time to open once again and not that lack of medication in patients, so you can see that problems can be easily resolved, just need work and will.

Regarding the contracts, he said he had a meeting with clinic executives at any point out that everyone was facing challenges regarding the human factor – lack of staff, doctors, nurses, and technicians.

« Those who have been working for years is normal that they need to be resolved, while for others we will open procedures, but we will normally need time, along with the finance minister, to see the aspect of finance and support, » Aliu said, answering journalist questions.

Regarding the case of a gynecologist who conducted a free patient patient test to another name, he said that it was certainly not the only example and sees the solution in digitization.

« It’s unfortunate, I think it’s not even the only case I have pledged from day one here you will see every week I will talk about digitization -without digotalization society will sink, the second moment is the reduction of the human factor. In that case, imagine we had such a digital system that every doctor in the system will put that an intervention is automatically processed by the SMS will receive a message about that term. Then the patient would be informed in real time for that reckless doctor, and he would know he was at home while he was receiving a message to the doctor. And then a doctor if he wants to abuse the system will not allow him- said Aliu.

Regarding the new clinical center announced by Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski, the minister noted that mapping will be worked first.

-At this stage you know that with the agreement with the UK we as the Ministry of Health we have one billion euros for infrastructure projects. In addition, we have other funds that we are currently analyzing, infrastructure we have to be staffed so one of the things we will start on Monday is mapping- Biedki is not only a clinical center, but in other cities we have an infrastructure that is not worthy of such a public service.