Kurti Police Union, Svechla Murt: Requesting 5m euros annually for health insurance

Although there have been several attempts to fix this big problem, in practice this has never happened.

Finally, the Kosovo Police Union has launched a letter to the prime minister, Albin Kurti, Minister of Internal Affairs Xhelal Svechla and the one in Finance, of which the Serb Murati demand 5m euros annually for health insurance.

“If the Government of the Republic of Kosovo divides the required tools of fivem euros, for each year on a continuous basis, we can make health and vital insurance for members of the Kosovo Police, which can start implementing it within a fast period of”, the Police Union's letter says.

Health Insurance Union letter:

The long-term health insurance arrangement has also been a hostage to the adoption and implementation of the Law on Health Insurance as the basic Law for all citizens, including the Kosovo Police. Because of the impasse in implementing this law, we propose that, due to the demands of Kosovo police, a solution be found for our organisation given the specifics and working conditions on which police personnel work.

Based on the data we have so far, we have a huge number of police personnel who have lost their lives, died, were injured, or even have health problems highlighted to disability.

Up until now, 22 police officials (heroes of Kosovo) have lost their lives in the post, from the COVID-19 pandemic, Kosovo Police employees have lost their lives (25), 324 officials have died in office, 359 police officials have been injured in performing official duties, 231 officials in office, currently with particular health diseases, 259 officials. So far we have 1273 police officers who have turned down volunteer police.

The average age of police personnel has reached forty-seven (47) years and for the work and demands required for police officials in terms of physical and mental ability is difficult to maintain without good health support and adequate health insurance or even early retirement.

We have about 9342 regular employees in the Kosovo Police, including unified officials and civil staff. The Kosovo Police Union has met the Director of the Kosovo Bureau of Insurance in order to secure the financial and approach to implementing health insurance and vital for Kosovo police employees.

In analyzing the data, we have estimated that by about five million euros a year we can make a health insurance for Kosovo Police members. We have found that coverage of health insurance expenses, including disability, hospitalization, medical costs as a result of accident, ambulance treatment, medicine, dental services, optical services, hearing services, maternity services, ambulance transport, etc.

And for vital coverage of the loss of natural life and the accidental loss of life.

If the Government of the Republic of Kosovo divides the required fivem-euro means for each year on a continuous basis, we can make health and vital insurance for Kosovo Police members, which can start implementing it within a short period of time.

Health insurance for the country's only security institution would have to be done many years ago, or at least from the Republic of Kosovo's declaration of Independence, so it is vital that this be done even now, and it would be honour and respect for the Government of the Republic of Kosovo.

So we believe and hope in support of Tuaj and the government of the Republic of Kosovo for accessing resources to many of the 51,000m euros to support the Kosovo Police for the realisation of health and life insurance.