The journalist of News24, Osman Stafa, gave a speech from the massive civic protest on its 49th day, where he raised concerns about the main issues that, according to him, Albania faces today.
The staff focused particularly on the state of the healthcare system, accusing the government of not investing enough in public hospitals, while funds are going to other projects. The journalist also disputed the statements of a Socialist Party MP regarding medical equipment, saying that, according to him, the promised equipment has not arrived at the QSUT and that patients continue to face shortages.
He also raised concerns about the treatment of patients with tumor diseases, criticizing the lack of medications and equipment in public hospitals. The staff also spoke about specific cases of citizens who, according to him, have not received proper health treatment, mentioning a patient from Korça who is seeking help abroad after a long stay in the QSUT.
In his speech, the journalist also touched on environmental issues, accusing institutions of damaging rivers and changing natural flows. In the end, Stafa emphasized that the protest, according to him, does not belong to any party or individual. "A few days ago I published a list where QSUT was asking for donations, and your money goes to concerts, to the Garden of Eden, to projects that we do not see. After I published them, I expected these people to remember. What are they doing? Nothing.
Shalsi, a member of the Socialist Party, said that those devices exist. He lied. No device has been sent to the QSUT, there is nothing like that for patients. A scanner has not been working for years. Patients are wandering around. They go to the emergency room at the QSUT and end up in a private hospital.
The oncology hospital is the most criminal hospital possible. There is a shortage of medications. Other medications are two months, two months not. Is cancer cured like this?
They find the opportunities themselves, take money from the state budget and go to foreign hospitals, or take the money stolen from Albanians. Why don't they stay in public hospitals when they have problems? A law should be made so that they can be treated in public hospitals and you can see if the hospitals will be fixed or not. Our mothers and sisters who suffer from gynecological cancer suffer from the lack of equipment. Cancer doesn't wait. When these people can't cure our mothers and wives, do they have the heart to make money for us?
People are paralyzed by ischemic strokes. A citizen from Korça, 43 years old, spent two months in the QSUT, was not treated. He is waiting for help from Albanians, because he fled to Greece, he risks being paralyzed, father of 3 children. When they do not treat diseases, health problems, why do we need Kanye West's concert? Another topic, the rivers of Albania have been destroyed, the crocodiles have come to the mountains of Albania to drink the water, to cause environmental crime. Just yesterday I denounced what is happening in the Shkumbin River.
I have received thousands of SMS from Albanians telling what has happened to the rivers of Albania. They have destroyed them with hydroelectric power plants. They have changed their course. These are the politicians, the government that has stolen this nation. This protest is your protest, not that of any party, not that of any individual. Each of you is a leader, an organizer! And to move on to the real organizers, those who made you come here, do you know who they are? It is corruption. It has enriched the government class. It is depopulation. The fear in Albania that we will be fired has been killed.
But this square is full and it is together, there is no power that can remove you from your job. You are part of history. Stop listening to how you have been deceived for 36 years, listen to your heart, to the flag, to Albania. God bless you. God bless Albania, the most beautiful country we have and the most beautiful flag we have. We will not leave it in the hands of thieves! ", he said.
