The doctor and head of the Department of Health, Ilir Alimehmeti , invited to the "Opinion" column in News24, spoke about the sterilization concession, which he called a super affair.
Alimehmeti said that the price for the sterilization concession is two to three times higher than in England, which stands out for its high standards.
" This is a super affair which has been aggravated not only by the economic affair, but also by the importance of health. Life and health come first. In one way or another, the patient had to get sick at the beginning of the month, since at the end of the month he would not be able to be operated on. The question marks were in 2015, when it started to be talked about. When they set the price, we compared it with the most expensive system, England which has a high standard. It turned out that our price was 2-3 times higher. In 2016, the Prosecutor's Office of Tirana said that there was no criminal offense in the file, now it appears from SPAK that there was. So there were other people involved.
Then it turns out that he lost the contract, this is laughable. We will provide the most effective service, but we must also calculate the cost, as it is a business. Injecting money and investing will give improvement, but with what money was it achieved?
It is worth noting that this contract was without a ceiling. The setting of the ceiling price was only decided during the pandemic period. According to the contract, tools will be stored only in this center and then they will be distributed to other cities.
In this matter, there is no way to have 4-5 people involved, but a very large series. They should be investigated. It is a very big economic damage. Do we need a property investigation for these people? Definitely !", said Alimehmeti.