Changes the list of drugs with reimbursement, vice. Minister: New medicines will be introduced, also for tumor diseases

2024-07-01 14:41:47Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Changes the list of drugs with reimbursement, vice. Minister: New medicines will
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The list of reimbursed drugs will be supplemented with drugs for the treatment of tumor diseases.

As the Oncology Service at the "Mother Teresa" University Hospital Center is involved in the scandal of partial doses of chemotherapy or directing patients to private clinics, the Deputy Minister of Health and Social Protection, Niko Hyka, has announced the review of the list during 2024 and the introduction of medicines for diagnoses that are partially or not covered at all, although it did not give concrete details on their number, Scan writes.

The review of the list of reimbursed drugs comes after 2 years that it has not undergone any changes, which led the Commission for Labour, Social Affairs and Health to summon representatives of the Ministry of Health and Social Protection and the Social Security Fund to a public hearing. Compulsory Health Care.

The meeting of the commission started with debates about the scandal in the Oncology Service, as after strong discussions between the deputies of the majority and the opposition, it was agreed to hold a hearing with representatives of the Oncology hospital and the Ministry of Health.

Meanwhile, the new list must be approved in the ministry and then in the government, before it comes into effect.


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