TIRANA, October 19 /ATA/ In the “Koço Gliozheni” maternity hospital in Tirana, there has been completed the investment for the new operating room and the obstetrics ward.
Minister of Health and Social Protection Ogerta Manastirliu said that this investment and the increased capacity will serve more mothers and children in our country.
“I am pleased that today we complete this investment in the delivery block, the investment in the operating block and the obstetrics ward, to realize the vision that we all have together, to take public health to a higher level in Albania and above all to guarantee much better working conditions for our professional staff and for new mothers and newborns. We didn’t just do a reconstruction of the operating room or the delivery room. We have increased the capacities of the operating block and the delivery block, because in framework of the National Health Strategy, one of the basic objectives is to increase access to health care and improve the quality of services”, said Manastirliu.
Saying that the investment in the “Koço Gliozheni” maternity hospital will continue with the second phase of the works, Manastirliu gave the good news that the 2023 budget will support a major project, such as the establishment of the first assisted reproduction center in “Koço Gliozheni” maternity hospital.
“We will continue with the second phase of the investment, with the Emergency Block and the Women’s Center at the “Koço Gliozheni” maternity hospital. But also with a project that we want to recover and put into function of all support for young families, i.e. the assisted reproduction. We are committed as a government to allocate the relevant funds to realize this project starting next year. We believe it will be a major project. As soon as the 2023 budget is approved, we will start work to make possible the realization of the first assisted reproduction center here at the “Koço Gliozheni” maternity hospital, said Manastirliu.
The Albanian government has financed about 1 million USD in the first phase of investment in the “Koço Gliozheni” Maternity Hospital for the reconstruction of the operating block, the obstetrics service (birth block, recovery rooms, maternity rooms) and equipping them with medical equipment of the best standards. In the second phase, there will be carried out the reconstruction of the neonatology service, maternity pavilions, while in the third phase, there will be an investment in the cladding system and solar panels, in order to save energy becoming part of the global axis for efficiency of energy.
The investment in the “Koço Gliozheni” Maternity Hospital is part of the investments for the health of the mother and the child in maternity hospitals, from the construction of new maternity hospitals in Korça, Saranda, Berat, Lezha and the following investments in the “Queen Geraldine” Maternity Hospital and the Kukes Maternity Hospital. /k.s./p.s./
