Tag: gynecology
Macedonia 28.07.24 | 13:34

Number of abortions tripled in three years

The number of abortions performed at the Gynecology Clinic in Skopje tripled in 2023 compared to 2020. The numbers grew from 324 in 2020 to 1,133 in 2023, and double only from 2022 to 2023. The youngest patient that underwent this procedure was 13. Doctor Gligor Tofoski warns that each year, about 100...

Macedonia 28.12.23 | 20:42

Only Albanians, Turks and Roma can apply for new jobs at the Gynecology Clinic

The Skopje Gynecology Clinic announced openings for four doctors, and divided them according to their ethnicity. Two openings for gynecology specialists will be available to one Albanian and one Turkish candidate. And in the pediatrics department, the openings are for an Albanian and a Roma. The announcement...

Macedonia 07.07.23 | 17:50

Team will examine the events leading up to the attempted suicide at the Gynecology Clinic in Skopje

The Healthcare Ministry formed a commission to investigate the actions at the Gynecology Clinic in Skopje, where a mother tried to commit suicide just after giving birth. The woman sustained serious back injuries after jumping from her room shortly after a successful delivery. She was examined by a clinical...

Macedonia 01.10.21 | 17:44

Private clinic in Skopje was paying its employees in cash

A manager of the Sante Plus gynecology hospital in Skopje was charged with paying the employees in cash. According to the charges, that were made public today, the practice was in place between 2016 and 2018. In this period, the hospital paid out over half a million EUR in cash, without paying the associated...

Macedonia 19.06.20 | 11:57

Two patients tested positive in the Skopje Gynecology Clinic

After the coronavirus scare in the Gynecology clinic in Skopje, tests showed that only two expectant mother are have Covid-19. Fifteen patients were tested in total. One of the positive women is kept in an isolated room, while the other was just recently admitted from Tetovo. The clinic said that it...

Macedonia 01.04.20 | 10:23

Kanal5: Two Covid-19 positive women gave birth in Skopje, in one case the baby died

Kanal 5 TV reports that two women who gave birth in the past two days were infected with the coronavirus. In one of the cases the baby was stillborn. It’s still being determined whether the infection caused the death of the baby. The TV station reports that the women came to the Skopje Gynecology...

Macedonia 07.06.19 | 17:24

Fresh allegations of corruption which led to infant deaths raised against Gynecology Clinic director

The recently dismissed co-manager of the Skopje Gynecology Clinic Valon Bela filed four additional criminal charges against manager Viktorija Jovanovska. Bela claims that Jovanovska was performing criminal abuse of office when she signed contracts with suppliers at excessive prices. He adds that Jovanovska...

Macedonia 31.05.19 | 19:11

Dismissed Gynecology Clinic whistleblower blames Zaev and clinic director Jovanovska for the deaths of six babies

Valon Bela, the recently dismissed financial director of the Gynecology Clinic, accused the management for the high level of infant deaths. Bela, a DUI party official, was dismissed after he publicly accused clinic director and SDSM party appointee Violeta Jovanovska of overpaying for purchases. Healthcare...

Macedonia 28.05.19 | 17:16

Filipce fires DUI clinic co-director who accused his SDMS colleague of corruption

Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce dismissed Valon Bela as financial director of the Gynecology Clinic, after Bela accused the clinic director Viktorija Jovanovska of corruption. Bela wrote a Facebook post in which he claimed that Jovanovska is rigging procurement contracts in favor of a company tied...

Macedonia 02.05.19 | 15:46

SDSM member of Parliament got her daughter hired in the Skopje Gynecology clinic

A new case of nepotism in the public sector hiring was reported in the Gynecology clinic in Skopje where the daughter of an SDSM member of Parliament was hired. Marija Kuzmanovska is a general practice doctor in Strumica, but she was hired in the main Gynecology clinic, which is in sore need of actual...