Zlatibor Lončar's Sharp Reaction After Doctor Raspopović's Appearance on Utiska nedelje
“There are people who are not ashamed of anything, for whom an honorable face and the weight of spoken words mean nothing, because surely all of them, like the president of their political organization, have machine brains, tuned only to achieving personal interests and significant material gain,” it is written in the statement of the Ministry of Health, signed by Zlatibor Lončar, after the appearance of Danijel Raspopović, surgeon-orthopedist and member of the Health Committee of the Party of Freedom and Justice (SSP) on Utiska nedelje.
TL;DR
- The Ministry of Health, via Minister Zlatibor Lončar, criticizes Dr. Danijel Raspopović (SSP) for allegedly spreading lies about the healthcare system.
- Lončar claims that Serbia has hired over 5,000 medical graduates and returned 250 from abroad, contrasting this with the previous government's alleged mismanagement.
- The ministry highlights the procurement of 404 ambulances and the construction of two clinical centers, stating these were not done by the previous administration.
- Salaries for specialists and nurses have significantly increased, with specialists now earning close to 200,000 dinars and nurses over 90,000 dinars.
- Lončar provides Eurostat data indicating Serbia has a high number of licensed doctors and nurses per capita, surpassing several European countries.
- He denies claims about doctors leaving Serbia in large numbers and clarifies data related to Serbian doctors in Slovenia.
- A heating system error, not a pipe burst, caused a temporary closure at the Neurology Clinic, which is expected to resume full operations.
- The ministry accuses the SSP of seeking personal gain and misleading the public, threatening legal action for spreading panic.