The renovation and expansion project, worth EUR 5.6 million, is nearing completion with around 70% of works already complete. The project will transform the IDC into a state-of-the-art modern clinic, serving more than 10,000 patients annually.

With a capacity of 118 beds and expanded premises, the Infectious Diseases Clinic is set to transform into a national reference centre of excellence.

Prime Minister Edi Rama, accompanied by the Minister of Health and Social Protection Ogerta Manastirliu, and the IDC Director Najada Çomo, today inspected the ongoing construction works.

The government head praised the progress and quality work on construction of the hospital to create optimum conditions both for patients and the personnel.

Rama noted that the hospital will become a national reference centre of excellence for all the infectious diseases, meeting the highest international standards and respond to any public health emergency in the country.

The project consists of reconstruction and expansion of the existing Infectious Diseases Clinic building. The investment is part of the programme to boost capacities of the health and hospitals system and particularly as a response project devised to enhance hospital services for infectious diseases and the Action Plan 2021-2022 for COVID-19 pandemic response.

After renovation, the clinic will have 16 emergency beds, 8 Intensive Care Units (ICU) and 87 ward beds that improve life-saving medical services to the people in need. All the beds will have access to the medical air and oxygen. In order to minimize the risk of spreading the airborne infections at the hospital, rooms are pressurized, and high-tech air filtration systems will be installed in line with the international standards.

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