Latif: I have no business here if I'm ignored by the government

Latifi, reporting to the Parliamentary Commission on Health on Wednesday, said he would not have accepted the minister's position unless he was promised great support.

If I had thought that this government had no health priority, I wouldn't be here today”, Latifi said initially.

But if no health priority is granted, Latifi said he could resign.

If I'm ignored by the government, I don't have any business to stay here. But, I don't have that feeling”, the Minister of Health is coming.

The minister said it is soon expected to change the functioning of the University Clinical Centre (QKUK), which functions without the leader since its establishment.

Latifi said he will appoint KKUK leaders.

The health dictatorship has been ignored for years now. I'm very unclear that we have a center, The QKUK, which provides technical, secondary custom services at times even primary services, however, does not have the leader at least”, he said.

The minister also said that today he has visited two clinics in QKUK, where he has met with citizens who are receiving services there and who have told him that they are not waiting for any room to receive health services, nor has there been enough medicine for treatment.

“We're working in different directions. We are working on many roads that will transform Kosovo. As far as legislation goes, we have six laws and 7-8 administrative guidelines. We're working on improving infrastructure in hospitals, if we can improve these we've done a very good job. Today I was first in Oncology. Oncology lacks technical staff. Citizens told me, minister, we haven't had medicine in three days, and today, some told me that some patients haven't come in because they've heard that there's no drugs, said the minister.

The minister in his address said they are working to regulate the situation in primary healthcare so that citizens can receive better services.