TIRANA, June 22 /ATA/ – The medical teams at hemodynamic ward at Shkodër Regional Hospital are tackling acute myocardial infarctions recently.
The Minister of Health and Social Protection Ogerta Manastirliu said Monday that “growing the medical personnel by hiring junior doctors and investments in state-of-the-art equipment for the hemodynamic ward at Shkoder Regional Hospital have allowed not only for the scheduled coronary angiography procedures, but also to handle the acute myocardial infarctions.”
“The first 21 acute myocardial infarctions have been successfully handled by team of doctors there. These patients were previously referred to university hospitals in Tirana,” Manastirliu noted.
Health Minister said that “Gledis Zaimi is the cardiologist, who has joined the Hemodynamic Ward at Shkodra Hospital recently, where medical staff has increased not only the number of medical procedures, but also has expanded the range of cardiac interventions by employing advanced procedures.”
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