The Health Ministry responsible for the unlicensed company that sold it to him QKUK's medical gas

The Health Ministry is the body responsible for Drug supply for all public health institutions in Kosovo.

Such a responsibility dates back to the time it was decided that the budget for medicines should be carried by the University Clinical Centre of Kosovo (QKUK), to the Ministry of Health. Funding from one institution to another has been the request of donors and approved by the Kosovo Assembly.

But the recent cases of three suspicious deaths that occurred at the University Clinical Center, according to the first investigations, turned out to have been caused by medical gas HINA NOC, which is used in operating halls. The Health Ministry has contracted the economic operator for supply with this gas.

Minister of Health in the Government of Kosovo, Uran Ismaili, said allegations have been cast on that medical gas used. to patients.

“We informed the law enforcement agencies and asked them to accelerate the situation considering how serious it is”Said Ismaili.

On the other hand, the leading health inspector, Ardita Barak, told Free Europe Radio that the company, which has supplied medical gas QKUK has not owned authorisation for marketing this medical product, respectively known as medical gas known as N2%.

“According to the latest information and administrative instruction in health, the authorization for marketing for medical products, all should be recorded and the medical product should have certificate and marketing authorization, and have the license to import medicine”.

This has been seen since the first day of the inspectors' involvement until the case is clarified and police have already been involved in this case”He let Barak know.

In the Ministry of Health, it has not rarely happened that because of disrespecting the legal provisions of the Public Procurement Law, the Procuration Bureau has canceled it tenders of the Health Ministry, for specific articles in the delivery of drugs from the essential list.

In these cases, the court has imposed contracting authority, in this case the Ministry of Health, to make changes in technical specification, enabling wider participation of potential economic operators. So said officials from the pharmaceutical department at the Ministry of Health.

Shemsie Wessel, A member of the Kosovo University Clinical Hospital Service Steering Board told Radio Europe Free -- that not often within the Clinical Centre it is to supply economic operators with medicines at prices much higher than the real ones on the market, as well as the latest case, supply with illegal operators.

My “My guess is that the prices coming from the Ministry for Drug Products have higher prices than the real price on the market. I have had a chance to see a drug called Fermibarbiton, which costs 1.5 euros in the market, while 9 euros was purchased by the ministry. This fact is indisputable because these are purchased with taxpayers' money”.

I believe that the new management will take into account these irregularities and violations and make improvements, especially the budget toKUK”, Vessel said.

The essential list is compiled every two or three years by a group of health experts. This primary - level list has more than 180 articles, while for secondary and tercir levels, it is much broader.

Health Budget There has been no increase over the years, and that has been why health services have not been at the desired level. For a year, the Government of Kosovo for Health allocates around 180m euros.