Today, President Ilir Meta met with the head of the WHO for Europe. During the meeting, the head of state emphasizes through a status on social networks that he has identified the need to increase the budget for the health system, increase the number of tests and hospital capacity to treat those affected by Covid-19.
Meta says it is necessary to reimburse the costs for medicines and services for patients with Covid-19, especially for certain categories.
“I had a great meeting today with the Regional Director of the World Health Organization for Europe, Dr. Hans Kluge. We discussed the deterioration of the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in our country and the effective and immediate measures that must be taken in order to protect the health of every citizen.
I stressed out the need to increase the budget for the health system, increase the number of tests and hospital capacities for the treatment of those affected, meet without further delay the hospital needs, as well as the unification of the treatment protocol at home.
It is very necessary to reimburse the expenses for medicines and services for patients with COVID-19, especially pensioners and citizens in need, who are treated in housing and who due to insufficient income find it impossible to afford high costs. economic “, writes Meta./abcnews.al
