"Situation in Belgrade 10 times more difficult than in Novi Pazar," says Vucic

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Regarding the epidemiological situation in Novi Pazar, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic told TV Pink that the situation in that town is difficult, but that it has medical equipment, while the hospital is "one of the best" with ventilators there in working order, with currently three patients using them.

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According to Vucic, three persons are on ventilators, but five more artificial respiration devices are also deployed.

"We have a large number of newly infected people, that was a cause for concern, it brought numerous problems to people in Novi Pazar, the Ministry of Interior, health workers... And then all other things started happening... fabrication of untruths. There is nothing they lack (in Novi Pazar) starting with testing kits, ventilators, protective suits, machines," the president said, adding that he inquired, and that it is clear that the hospital in Novi Pazar is one of the best.

However, he said that the situation in Belgrade is ten times more difficult than in Novi Pazar.

He also said that there are systemic errors behind the things that happened in southwestern Serbia.

"The system is to blame in part. More empathy and respect had to be shown towards the newly infected patients in the hospital, and the Ministry of Health had to react earlier to declare the whole hospital a Covid one, two, three, four days earlier. It’s easiest to put the blame on someone. Doctors are tired," he said.

He also added that organization was a problem in the hospital there and that this was also a systemic mistake, regardless of whether it was made at the local or central level.

"But you can't blame the state," he said.

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He also said that a large number of doctors also got infected, and that nine more doctors and five technicians from Kragujevac would arrive in Novi Pazar.

"Communication was bad. It's a common procedure to buy tin coffins, but that must be explained to the people," he said about all the mistakes made by the system, adding that the Ministry of Health was in charge of that procurement.

(Telegraf.rs)