TIRANA, July 25/ATA/- Investments in modern resonances, as well as the web-based appointment systems for magnetic resonances imaging scan (MRI) tests in the hospitals, have reduced waiting time in the queues for citizens.
According to the Albania’s Minister of Health and Social Protection Ogerta Manastirliu, in the past years it took about 30 days on average to get an appointment for resonance imaging (MRI) scan, but now it is provided within 24 hours.
The Neurosurgery service, and the 3-Tesla modern resonance, the only one of its kind in the country, at the Mother Teresa University Hospital Center in Tirana is one of the major investments of the Government of Albania.
Approximately 4 thousand patients per year will benefit from this investment. Over 18 thousand patients a year have been provided with free-resonance examination at public hospitals.
The government is making a large investment in the reconstruction of healthcare centers and ambulatory care services across the country aiming at improvement of infrastructure of the primary health care.
In her speech Minister Manastirliu stated that, “in addition to investment at the Mother Teresa University Hospital Center in Tirana, the Government of Albania has also completed an investment of $770 thousand to equip the regional hospital of Elbasan with Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and provide a vital medical imaging equipment of Magnetic of great importance to diagnosis and treatment of a series of diseases.”//a.i/
