KMDLNJ: MSH plays lawyer for a private lab that has monopoly

KMDLNj has reacted several times by opposing high prices, which in most cases are contrary to the possibilities of most Kosovo citizens to pay for serial tests and tests for Individual-19 that are the responsibility of the state.

According to them, The AKK, days ago, at a media conference, came up with a statement that was more praise than the licensed private labs ( 118 ) is their number are working as best it is, while KMDLNj's have complained citizens that prices are high and that some expensive analysis should not be done.

“The AKK simply did not propose to President Thaci that licensed private labs be decorated with the Humanism Award. It's now emerging that a private laboratory, for a test, received 200 euros, which is also high price for the Maino Clinic, leaves it for a private laboratory that has been licensed quickly and given the 100% monopoly in Kosovo”, says their reaction.

Instead of the Ministry of Health asked you for investigations into this award, it actually plays the role of the lawyer of this laboratory, rationalising the price for short-term analysis and results. This action by the Ministry of Health, except that it is a clear conflict of interest, at the same time it is free from any sculpture, moral, professional and institutional. The Ministry of Health is obliged to create policies to protect citizens' public health rather than protect the interests of private labs that have been licensed, without ensuring any transparency, without effective supervision of their work and no accountability at all.

Since the outbreak of the pandemic caused by COVID-19, the Kosovo government has shared significant means from Kosovo's budget, both for the ministry led by Minister Vitita and the ministry led by the Minister of Zemaj as having had many international donations, money and health materials, but that the situation has only deteriorated, so much has increased the number of infected and especially those who have ended with fatality.

Instead of investing in the empowering of public health institutions by increasing the number of free tests (which are lower in the region), you can take it as long as you order a hamburger for a certain amount of money, with positive results if you get into a negative or a negative job, according to the same principle. The Ministry of Health, instead of increasing the number of tests that would contribute to better management of the pandemic, as well as spare the citizens of Kosovo of what is the state's responsibility, keeping the testing number of approximately 450-500 lately, even forcing this number to go to private labs that do what they want and what they want.

KMDLNY has information that there is a readiness for international support so that the number of tests can increase to 5,000, 6,000 tests per day, take place for free but that it expects opposition to the implementation of this project by interest groups that have no interest in empowering public health.