Haziri: Health Ministry fired 60 hospital workers in Gjilan

60 workers at the National Medicine Centre .Nagip Rexhepi) in the municipality of Gjilan are out of work, since they have not been granted contracts.

The Health Directorate in this municipality has confirmed the departure of workers who were committed to providing health services to citizens as part of a project that was co-financed by the municipality of Gjilan, the Health Ministry, and the Caritas organisation.

But there is a uncertainty in the matter, as the statements by President Lutfi Haziri with the director of the Health Directorate in Gjilan disagree.

Nexhat Hajrullahu, municipal director of Health in Gjilan, has said the reason for cutting contracts is the lack of municipal budget. He expects the Health Ministry to be involved in resolving the problem as far as the budget is concerned.

The reason to cut contracts is the lack of municipal budget and we've had a hard time securing a budget for the whole year. At the moment it has been cut down until the next deal because the new law has changed the form of the agreement and must be announced and companies and other associations can compete, he said.

But Gjilan municipality chairman Lutfi Haziri for Periscopi has denied that continued contracts are the work of the municipality, saying the Health Ministry has done this.

Haziri even says that neither the municipality has received an answer for the non-compliance of contracts for 60 workers and that they are expecting an excuse from the MSH.

The first of the municipality of Gjilan has expressed readiness for these workers to continue contracts 2018-2019.

The Ministry of Health has not signed continued contracts for 2018. We haven't been given a reason either, and we're waiting for reason and we're ready to sign and keep our contracts, 2018-2019, but we still have no negative or positive answers. So in addition to performing financial obligations, all engaged in the past three years have been released from work until the contract is signed, Haziri said of Periscope.

Asked whether the lack of municipal budget is a problem with the departure of these workers, Haziri has again given the responsibility to the Ministry of Health, saying he means money.

The Ministry of Health means budget, that means money. The municipality has the means, but the Ministry of Health is participating in this financing, Hashir has told Periscope.

He has also responded to a communique of the Democratic Party of Kosovo, the branch in Gjilan, which has expressed concern, saying the number of displaced workers is the result of mismanagement.

Haziri says the PDK should handle the files they have in the courts for organised crime, not municipal obligations.

They are very concerned, but let them deal with the files they have in the courts for better organised crime, rather than deal with performing duties in the municipality, Haziri is stressed.

The Health Directorate in Gjilant said they would face problems offering services to citizens in certain categories.

There will be problems and problems because these health workers have provided services such as family visits and other services and as a project has been good but we have had budget constraints. Yes, the contract has been signed by three partners and seized 270 thousand euros, with much of the funding being owned by municipalities. These have been full-time workers, and the project has continued according to budgetary option”. /Periscope.