Approximately 21.000 check-ups have been performed in the 17 installed cabinets in one year, since this service is being provided for free in the region of Lushnje (Municipalities of Lushnje and Divjake). A number of citizens are waiting to have a free check-up in one of the cabinets in the city of Lushnje. They believe in the importance of this control, and this is why some of them have returned to do it for the second year in a row. Prime Minister Edi Rama visited the cabinet and was informed by the doctors and citizens about the performance of check-up. According to health specialists, the overall number of controls shows a great interest of citizens to carry out basic medical control. In many cases, one of the doctors said, thanks to the basic control citizens have been able to detect in time the most serious health problems and receive further treatment by a specialist. The doctor explained that the check-up has had a very good performance is the second year, and is continuing at the same pace. “The demand is growing. Citizens are informed by the family doctor, talk to each other, and ask the family doctor specifically for this, and schedule a meeting before having the check-up”, – the doctor explained. Pranvera Bazaj, 54, is one of the citizens who responded to the call of the family doctor to perform the check-up. 56-year old Idris Cela says that the check-up is a great opportunity to have regular checks.
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The Health Centre of Divjake, where family doctors carried out visits, was until a few months ago a non-functional infrastructure not only for the 34 thousand residents of Divjakë, but also for tourists during the tourist season. Today, it is a modern polyclinic, a brand new building, with infrastructure of European standards and modern equipment. An investment of 75 million Albanian Leke has turned it into a polyvalent centre, where in addition to traditional services provided by the family doctor and the basic health control, is provides specialized services such as cardiology, ophthalmology, otorhinolaryngology, paediatrics, imaging etc. Prime Minister Edi Rama, accompanied by Health Minister Ilir Beqaj and MP Erjon Brace, visited today the new Health Centre of Divjakë.
European standards that will improve the service quality, and also the working conditions for the medical staff, the Prime Minister said while referring to the new premises. The reform of the health system reform, he noted, is the most difficult site of reforms, but the steps taken are crucial to modernize the system.
“This is probably the hardest part in the site of the reforms and change: the health system. But I believe that some important foundations are being laid, starting from the normalization of the price of medicines for people, thanks to which 70 million dollars have been saved in the pockets of families each year; the free visit at the family doctor has eased a lot the process of interaction with hospitals; the drastic reduction of tariffs in hospitals and more investments in infrastructure, like this investment here, which is an investment of European standards, a very impressive one, that will deliver a totally different service throughout the territory. In addition, it creates much better conditions for the medical staff”- the Prime Minister said.
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The urban requalification of the central square in Divjake has changed the entire space of the city centre and its functionality. In view of the Urban Renaissance program, interventions were made to give the square a new dimension, and residents of Divjakë an additional public and recreational space. A previously chaotic square, it has turned already into a pedestrian zone, a space completely dedicated to citizens. Prime Minister Rama inspected works in this new square of the city which is preparing for the summer season.
