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Hospital in Novi Pazar has enough medical equipment, health workers

Novi Pazar, 30 June 2020

Prime Minister Ana Brnabic and Minister of Health Zlatibor Loncar visited the General Hospital in Novi Pazar today, in order to be convinced of the situation in that city in connection with the coronavirus epidemic.

Brnabic and Loncar were welcomed by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications Rasim Ljajic, and then they talked with the director of the hospital, Meho Mahmutovic, after which they addressed the citizens.

The Prime Minister said that the claims that there are no equipment and medicines in Novi Pazar are not true, but on the contrary, that the general hospital in that city is the best equipped in Serbia in terms of population.

She appealed that the virus not be used for politicisation, expressing gratitude to all health workers, primarily from Novi Pazar, who did their best in the fight against the pandemic, as well as health workers from Kragujevac, Kraljevo, the Institute of Public Health of Serbia "Dr Milan Jovanovic Batut" and other institutions.

According to her, the main problem at the beginning was that the infected people showed up late, the number of cases grew extremely fast in a few days and there was no good separation into kovid and non-COVID parts of the hospital, and there were people who visited others in the "red" zones.

She told the citizens that she and her associates brought additional equipment today, announcing that more nurses and technicians will be hired.

Two to three new ambulances for a better connection of Tutin and Novi Pazar will be procured too, she said.

The Prime Minister assessed that the situation with the coronavirus is challenging, difficult and complex, not only for Serbia, but also for the whole world, and that we do not need false news and misinformation, but the priority should be to support the health system, workers and patients.

Loncar pointed out that additional quantities of equipment were delivered to this health institution today, so that it is better equipped than any hospital in Serbia, noting that protective equipment, an ultrasound machine, a gastroscope and others were brought today.

The system has been established and the situation is under control, the Minister emphasised and announced that the capacities of the hospital in Novi Pazar will be expanded and that, if necessary, the entire hospital will be turned into a COVID hospital.

Ljajic said that the situation in Novi Pazar with the coronavirus is no more difficult than in some other cities and municipalities, and called on citizens to concentrate and unite in the fight against the virus, regardless of political differences, personal likes and dislikes.

He pointed out that the investment has never been greater in the health system and the General Hospital in Novi Pazar than it is the case over the last five or six years.