Final words in the repeated trial of the fire at the Tetovo Modular Hospital, the verdict of May 16

The Tetovo Basic Court today held the closing arguments of the prosecution, defense, defendants and legal representatives of the damaged families as part of a re -trial in which two directors and Tetovo hospital were charged with a fire in the modular hospital on September 8. Directors Florin Besimi and Artan Etemi and the PHI Clinical Hospital in Tetovo are accused of being charged with the crime of « serious offenses against general security » as a legal entity.

The prosecution’s representative pointed out that with the material and verbal evidence and testimonies the defendants committed the crimes and demanded that the court be found guilty. According to the prosecution, the two defendants were obliged to set up fire extinguishers, and they did not do so according to the prescribed regulations.

The prosecution’s closing remarks were joined by lawyers who had a power of attorney to represent the families of the people who lost their lives in the fire and the injured patients. On their behalf, they asked the court to direct them for compensation and costs. One of the defenders pointed out that the damaged cannot exercise their rights in civil proceedings because the Tetovo Basic Court demands that this criminal procedure first have the final.

The defender of the legal entity Public Health Institution The Clinical Hospital Tetovo in the closing statement said that the hospital should not be found guilty because it was not directly bound by the modular coin centers. He pointed out that according to the procurement agreements, it is the government ministries, although it does not dispute that the hospital should take care of security. He said that hospital staff said in testimony that he had set up fire departments.

The lawyer of defendant Florin Besimi in his closing remarks that as director of the Contract for Management of the Institution he had no obligation to set up fire devices and did not sign up for a record of the admission of the modular hospital. Asked the court to be released from responsibility.

Defendant Artan Etemi’s lawyer also demanded an acquittal, stressing that the prosecution had failed to prove a causal flow that proves his client’s guilt.

The two defendants and the clinical hospital representative agreed with their lawyers’ closing remarks and demanded acquittals. Following the closing arguments, Judge Recep Musa noted that the verdict would be pronounced on May 16 at 12 noon.