Two EU-funded clinics to be constructed in 18 months

The EU Ambassador to Montenegro Oana Cristina Popa, with Prime Minister Dritan Abazovic, Health Minister Dragoslav Scekic, and the Director of the Clinical Centre of Montenegro Ljiljana Radulović laid the foundation stone for two new EU-funded clinics at the Montenegrin Clinical Centre in Podgorica worth €8.5 million.

Caretaker PM Abazovic said that “a new era is beginning for Montenegro,” where more investments will be made in healthcare, education, and infrastructure, while the Health Minister announced that the construction of the two clinics would be completed in 18 months.

"There is no greater honour for someone from the state administration than when our country is being built. This is already the second activity of laying foundation stone for the new clinics in Montenegro. After 40 years, new health facilities are finally being built in our country," said Prime Minister Dritan Abazović.

EU Ambassador Popa said that Montenegrin citizens and health workers deserved modern hospitals and good healthcare, which is part of the EU standard of living, adding that she was happy to see EU funds helping Montenegro to achieve that goal. 

"Access to good healthcare is part of the EU standard of living, which the citizens of Montenegro rightfully aspire to. I am glad that today we have the opportunity to contribute to the realisation of that aspiration, because these two new clinics will significantly improve the quality of health services for all citizens of Montenegro. Medical workers will soon work in completely new facilities, with access to the most modern equipment," said Popa.

The building in which these two clinics will be located will be nearly four thousand three hundred square meters. It will be equipped according to the most modern medical standards and will have significantly more room for the hospital treatment of patients.

"The clinic for dermatovenerology has only two rooms with eight beds now, while in the new building, in addition to the necessary clinics and other facilities, there will be 32 medical beds." The clinic for infectious diseases has 13 rooms and 20 beds now, while the new facility will have room for as many as 55 hospital patients," said Dr. Radulović.

The building is expected to be completed by spring of 2024.