Vučić in Niš: Even today, a terribly difficult day, the health system has to fight



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Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić declared that today is a terribly difficult day in the coronavirus epidemic, especially in terms of the number of deaths, and said that the health system must fight, and the state must further strengthen and build it.

During the presentation of the T-72MS tanks at the “Mija Stanimirović” barracks in Niš, Vučić said that it was everyone’s responsibility to be more disciplined, as the domestic sanitary system worked better than almost everyone in Europe.

He stated that the contract signed on Friday for the reconstruction and construction of the new part of the Vojvodina Clinical Center, worth 50 million euros, and the renovation of the Clinical Center in Belgrade, will cost a total of 147 million euros.

Commenting on the practice of caring for covid patients outside their places of origin, Vučić stated that Serbia does not deviate from Europe on that issue, and thanked the doctors who also care for people from other areas.

“The health system has shown great resilience, as well as the fact that we have a lot of people who want to fight. Today we have a lot of heroes who oppose this serious disease. I am proud of the number of doctors who have applied to work at new hospitals in Batajnica and Krusevac, “Vucic said.

He stated that Serbia has the best results in the fight against coronavirus in the region, that North Macedonia, with four times less population, has more than 1,000 more deaths than Serbia, and that the results are similar in other neighboring countries.

Speaking on the economy, the president said that Serbia has agreements with Russia Gazprom and that the construction of the gas pipeline from Bulgaria to Hungary is going according to plan, and that Serbia will assume more than 60% of all foreign direct investment in the Western Balkans.

“(That) indicates that the growth rate of the economy will be the highest in Europe,” Vucic said.

Commenting on the treatment of sick children with SMS messages, Vučić estimates that it is done in a similar way in all parts of Europe, and that he is proud that Serbia has done a lot about it in recent years.

“In June 2018, we introduced a drug for spinal muscular atrophy, the first dose costs 540,000 euros and every year until the end of life 270,000, and now we treat 37 children that way,” said Vučić.

He adds that the state will do everything possible to help the girl Anika Manić, to hold talks with Hungary about her trip to Budapest, as she cannot make a commercial flight due to oxygen, and that she will be transferred to the main office before 15 from December. city ​​of Hungary.



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