TIRANA, July 1 /ATA/ The works for the complete rehabilitation of the Emergency Service at the Regional Hospital of Vlora are nearing completion.
Minister of Health and Social Protection, Ogerta Manastirliu, saw first-hand this investment, which aims to enhance the quality of health system.
“With this new investment, we ensure that the capacities in the emergency service of the Regional Hospital of Vlora are expanded, thus ensuring a perfect triage process of cases, which are divided according to morbidity codes and go directly to wards or intensive care unit. Secondly, we have an opportunity to have a much more effective observation and referral of the sick through all the new infrastructure, including new medical equipment and devices,” said Minister Manastirliu.
The Minister of Health and Social Protection informed that the new Emergency Service of Vlora is an essential investment even within the tourist season.
“Increasing capacities in this emergency will enable us to receive 45,000 citizens during a year. During the tourist season alone 13,000 citizens access the service of the emergency unit as one of the areas hosting an increasing flow of tourists at the height of this season,” Manastirliu said.
The new emergency department in Vlora Hospital, which will set a contemporary standard in healthcare for citizens, is an investment by the Albanian government and the Italian Cooperation./m.m/sm/
