TIRANA, May 22/ATA/-The regional hospital of Gjirokastra in Southern Albania will offer for the first time the mammography service, i.e. examination of a woman’s breasts using X-rays to detect any sign of cancer.
Minister of Health and Social Protection Ogerta Manastirliu saw from very close the investment made in Gjirokastra hospital which is already equipped with new and high-tech bio-medical equipment.
“Thanks to the modern mammography equipment in Gjirokastra hospital the doctors can detect the early signs of cancer in women in all the Southern areas. The women used to go to Tirana to get this service”, said Manastirliu.
In Gjirokastra hospital, there are made investments in high-tech equipment amounting to about 200 thousand Euros.
“Our goal is to offer high quality service near the house of the people in need hence, the government is investing in the regional hospitals 4.5 million Euros in modern high-tech equipment countrywide”, said Manastirliu.
Meanwhile, the government is going ahead with the patronage programme consisting of doctors from Tirana going to regional hospitals to offer their services. Gjirokastra hospital is one of the hospitals benefiting from the programme.
“5700 citizens have been provided with the medical services close to their house since January and didn’t have to travel to Tirana”, said Manastirliu.
The Ministry of Health and Social Protection is also applying the bonus scheme of doctors being sent to regional hospitals in exchange of a bonus of up to 2.5 million leks.
In this context, an anaesthesia specialist has joined the medical team of the regional hospital of Gjirokastra meeting the need of this hospital./e.caushi/p.s./
