US donates equipment to HUCSK worth 520 thousand dollars

The Ministry of Health has received today a donation in the amount of 520 thousand dollars of medical equipment for the HUCSK from the US Embassy in Kosovo.

The Minister of Health, Rifat Latifi, said that the donation of equipment and other elements will help strengthen the capacity to provide better care for patients with COVID-19.

"On behalf of the Department of Health, physicians, nurses, and all health care workers, but most importantly on behalf of all patients with Covid-19 in Kosovo, let me thank the American people, the Government of the United States of America. "and all of you for your unwavering and unwavering support in these difficult times when Kosovo is facing the COVID 19 pandemic together with the rest of the world," he said.

The donation acceptance ceremony was also attended by the heads of the Board of the HUCSK and the director of this service, Valbon Krasniqi, Nick Giacobbe, Charge d'Affaires of the US Embassy and Major Conley, Head of the Office of Defense Cooperation of the US Embassy.

This important donation, funded by the US European Command (EUCOM) and coordinated by the US Embassy's Office of Defense Cooperation, is part of the over seven million dollars that various US government agencies have provided to Kosovo through technical assistance, equipment, and supply since the beginning of the pandemic, including over 500 thousand doses of Pfizer.