The Minister of Health, Evis Sala, has responded to the emergency at the Oncology Hospital with trips abroad and long-term agreements that take time to implement.
Her recent meeting in Italy with Ruggero De Maria, President of the Alliance Against Cancer, was presented as an important step in the fight against cancer.
According to her, the focus was on prevention, treatment and care for oncology patients.
But this story is not new.
Her predecessors signed similar agreements, which remained promises on paper and did not bring tangible changes.
It is enough to recall the sensational February agreement with Sheba Hospital in Israel, announced as the great solution to queues, corruption, and the lack of new drugs.
Today, the result is the same: no real improvement.
Patients and staff continue to denounce severe shortages of medicines and equipment, while the Supreme State Audit has identified serious mismanagement in Oncology.
The situation is serious and requires immediate intervention, not photo albums and international promises.
The truth is that the solution does not need posts, delegations, and travel.
What healthcare managers fail to solve, we understand even if we are not involved in difficult management: get the Oncology Hospital's funds where they need to be, stop price abuse, and stop favoring private hospitals.
Because Oncology patients do not need protocol visits.
They need medicines, equipment and treatment — today, not after the next agreement is signed./ vna