Concern: The number of Kosovars affected with cancer increases

This is the highest number in 363 cases. That is what Oncology Clinic Director Ekrem Hyseni suggested. But for the entire year in Kosovo, there have been 2,000 and 514 Kosovars who have been diagnosed with mountain diseases.

The Statistics Agency these days has released the health report for 2016, in which cities in which mostly Kosovars are diagnosed with malaria.

According to the report, the municipality, which has mostly cases, is the municipality of Pristina with 354 patients reported to health institutions in the country. Peja ranks second with 141 cases. The 135-count bloodbath, Ferizaj for the entire year 128 citizens have been diagnosed with mountain diseases. In Mitrovica 105 cases. Gjilan 100, Prizren 151 citizens are affected by this type of disease.

And meanwhile, the lowest number of citizens who have been diagnosed with these types of diseases have been in Junik, Han of Elez, Novoberda and Rahovec. In these municipalities, the number of people affected by mountain diseases is noticeably lower than in other municipalities.

In Novoberda for the whole year 3 citizens have been affected, while seven citizens have been diagnosed with this disease in Junik.