Tag: oncology
Macedonia 22.10.24 | 21:09

Only a quarter of cancer patients are receiving the modern chemo drugs they need

Only one quarter of patients diagnosed with cancer are receiving the recently introduced biological chemotherapy, which is considered safer and more efficient. The revelation comes a year after a major scandal rocked the clinic, with numerous allegations that doctors and staff were stealing the expensive...
Macedonia 30.01.24 | 13:56

Directors of the Oncology Clinic, a regularly operating facility, say they have arrested a former director and two employees

On Tuesday, the former director of the Oncology Clinic, along with two employees, was arrested in connection to a scandal involving the alleged illegal sale of cytostatic drugs at the Clinic. Despite the developments, the facility continues to operate normally, with the current director, Violeta Klisarova,...
Macedonia 30.01.24 | 12:41

Concerning the Oncology Clinic, police are searching the area

On Tuesday, police are conducting searches at addresses connected to individuals who may be connected to the Oncology Clinic scandal. The public prosecutor’s order authorized the searches, and authorities plan to release additional information later in the day.
Macedonia 16.12.23 | 21:59

Nikoloski: The Government is not investigating the Oncology Clinic scandal in order to protect a major donor

The Government is postponing a full investigation in the major Oncology Clinic scandal in an attempt to protect a favored drug supplier, said VMRO-DPMNE Vice President Aleksandar Nikoloski. They did not start an investigation even after public reports from patients and after the Parliament committee...
Macedonia 24.11.23 | 20:32

The Oncology Clinic Case Inquiry Committee meets

The Oncology Clinic scandal inquiry committee resumed discussions at Parliament. Chair Rashela Mizrahi highlighted violations of 33 laws between 2019 and 2021 in the Clinic and the healthcare system. She emphasized the breakdown of the system’s functioning and the disregard for patients’...
Macedonia 23.11.23 | 18:40

Will this be enough for the OJ to launch an investigation? VMRO-DPMNE submitted evidence for the “Oncology” scandal

Today, we submitted the documents to the Basic Public Prosecutor’s Office regarding the case of “Wild Meat”, “Cancer Mafia” of Oncology, as we announced. It is terrible that even after three months of alleged pre-investigation work, no case has been established in the Basic...
Macedonia 18.11.23 | 11:10

VMRO-DPMNE accuses the Prosecutor’s Office of trying to hide the Oncology scandal

VMRO-DPMNE accuses the Prosecutor’s Office of trying to hide the Oncology scandal. As they say, even after two months, there is no reaction, no information, no investigation is opened, let alone an indictment. The public and the media, as well as the inquiry committee in the Parliament, have come...
Macedonia 10.11.23 | 18:22

VMRO-DPMNE requests a 30-day extension of the inquiry committee’s authority regarding the Oncology Clinic case

On Friday, the parliamentary group of VMRO-DPMNE presented a proposal to amend the decision establishing an inquiry committee to investigate the Oncology Clinic scandal. Their request is to extend the committee’s mandate by 30 days, allowing for the testimonies of experts, as well as former and...
Macedonia 03.11.23 | 11:02

Everything points in the direction that “the extension cord” will be to blame for the Oncology Clinic scandal

The tumor scandal on the Oncology Clinic shows all the monstrosity of the cancer mafia that got rich on the backs of the most seriously ill patients. After two months of pre-investigation, the Prosecutor’s Office is silent about the scandal with Oncology, there is no charge or even an official...
Economy 19.10.23 | 08:28

Parliament’s Oncology Clinic scandal inquiry committee concludes its Wednesday session

The Parliament’s inquiry committee on the Oncology Clinic scandal concluded its Wednesday session with testimonies from Eftim Naskov, the Health Insurance Fund’s chief internal auditor, and Maja Parnardzhieva Zmejkova, who served as the Health Insurance Fund’s director from August 2009...
Macedonia 10.10.23 | 22:57

Former Healthcare Minister Sali testified that he faced political pressure when he asked questions about the Oncology Clinic

Former Healthcare Minister Bekim Sali and Interior Minister Oliver Spasovski explained their actions in Parliament today, where a commission on the huge scandal in the Oncology Clinic was convened. Doctors and nurses in the clinic are suspected of stealing chemotherapy from the patients and selling it...
Macedonia 15.09.23 | 18:52

Mickoski promises serious accountability for those responsible for the Oncology Clinic scandal

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski promised that the next Government, which he is expected to lead, will investigate the scandal with chemotherapy theft at the Oncology Clinic. Mickoski pointed out to the fact that the previous Clinic management put in place a system for tracking the chemo vials,...
Macedonia 11.09.23 | 21:30

Another protest against the Oncology Clinic scandal

Hundreds of protesters gathered again in front of the Government building and the state prosecutor’s office to demand accountability for the gruesome Oncology Clinic scandal. Doctors and nurses are suspected of stealing expensive chemotherapy drugs they should have been administering to cancer...
Macedonia 08.09.23 | 20:31

Minister Mexhiti promises to name those responsible for the Oncology Clinic scandal

Healthcare Minister Fatmir Mexhiti promised that the names of all those responsible for the theft and sale of chemotherapy drugs at the Oncology Clinic will be made public. I guarantee you as minister that the case will be fully revealed. We will not allow pressure to be put over the entire medical field....
Macedonia 07.09.23 | 19:34

The mother of Oncology Clinic co-director Nuhi was admitted as patient, but did not have cancer

The gruesome Oncology Clinic scandal is expanding with revelations that the mother of one of the two directors of the clinic, Nehat Nuhi, was listed as patient at the clinic, apparently as a cancer patient. Nuhi is evasive in his responses on this issue, leaving room to suspect that she was fraudulently...
Macedonia 06.09.23 | 17:48

Mickoski: The Oncology Clinic scandal couldn’t happen without the support of top political officials

It is not possible to carry out the crimes reported at the Oncology Clinic without serious support from top placed political figures, said opposition leader Hristijan Mickoski. No-one can tell me that several medical workers and criminal directors decided to deprive cancer patients of their necessary...
Macedonia 05.09.23 | 18:31

Former Oncology Clinic director Vasev avoided the press, refused to discuss the chemotherapy scandal

Oncologist Nino Vasev, an SDSM party official who was appointed as head of the Oncology Clinic and held this position during the period when allegedly chemotherapy drugs were stolen and sold on the black market, refused to discuss the scandal with the press today. Vases was met by journalists while going...
Macedonia 04.09.23 | 23:02

Mickoski: The people suspected in the Oncology Clinic scandal were SDSM and DUI party officials

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski responded to the request from Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski not to politicize the growing scandal in the Oncology Clinic in Skopje. Kovacevski insisted that the shocking revelations of theft of chemotherapy drugs and their sale on the black market is an issue...
Macedonia 04.09.23 | 20:23

Oncology Clinic scandal: Citizens and cancer patients protest in front of the Government

Hundreds of people came out in front of the Government building today to demand accountability for the gruesome scandal at the Oncology Clinic. The protesters were joined by cancer patients, who fear that they were lied to and given saline solution instead of the expensive chemotherapy drugs they were...
Macedonia 03.09.23 | 23:46

The 2021 audit of the Oncology Clinic showed major problems with the distribution of chemotherapy

The State Audit Commission (DZR) which inspects the work of the public institutions, conducted an audit of the Skopje Oncology Clinic in 2021. The audit showed problems with the way in which chemotherapy was procured and distributed to patients. The Clinic is now in the midst of a major scandal, with...
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