TIRANA, May 15 /ATA/ Prime Minister Edi Rama and Minister of Health and Social Protection, Ogerta Manastirliu, inspected on Saturday the construction works in the New Hospital of Internal Medicine, part of the investments for modernization of TUHC, where they stated that the new hospital will be completed within this year.
Prime Minister pointed out that the new ultramodern and well- equipped healthcare facility will be set to operation within this year.
For her part, minister Manastriliu said that the works are progressing at fast pace and will be completed within December.
“The New Hospital of Internal Medicine is part of a new standard of investment worth 14.8 million euros. The novelty in this hospital is the connection between the new building and the existing one linking these two facilities through two bridges, enabling them to operate as one and provide high quality and efficient services,” said Manastirliu.
Speaking about the capacities of the new hospital, Manastirliu said that this hospital will complete the profile of a genuine Internal Medicine Hospital.
It will include 271 bedding units, divided according to the services of cardiology, hematology, endocrinology, gastroenterology and hepatology, nephrology, allergology, dermatology, etc. Meanwhile the hospital development is conceptualized to be integrated with the first building, re-energizing the current capacities and the new settings. We are introducing a new way of organizing the current services for the Hospital of Internal Diseases,” Manastirliu said.
The new Hospital of Internal Medicine will benefit 109 thousand patients.
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