TIRANA, Oct 29 /ATA/- Minister of Health and Social Protection, Ogerta Manastirliu, has inspected the works at the Infectious Disease Hospital, which is set to be completed any time soon to serve as a center of excellence for infectious diseases.
“At first glance, the hospital has already been completed. We are in the last stage of furnishing, installing medical devices. Let’s get ready together with the whole team, with all those who have worked, contributed and are doing their duty, as they have always done and will be even more motivated to do the best for the citizens, to open the doors of this hospital. With the investment we have made in infrastructure, let us turn this hospital into a genuine center of excellence for infectious diseases. This is the objective and with the mission to cater to the Albanian citizens as best as possible,” said Manastirliu.
The investment for the reconstruction of the Infectious Disease Hospital is made as part of the government’s plan for coping with health emergencies, for strengthening the capacities of the hospital system as well as the 2021-2022 Action Plan for the response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The investment worth 5.6 million euros consists in the reconstruction and expansion of the capacities of the Infectious Disease Hospital. The hospital will have all the necessary state-of-the-art equipment as well as investments will be made in entire monitoring network of all the hospital activity, in the data network, for monitoring patients in real time. The new Infectious Disease Hospital will also house an auditorium and lecture halls for medical students.
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