Tag: Tetovo
Macedonia 10.09.21 | 12:59

Zaev still hasn’t addressed the public about the Tetovo disaster

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev was last seen in the public on Wednesday evening, when he visited the site of the catastrophic Tetovo hospital fire that killed 15 people. Zaev refused to speak to the press or address the public on the even of the tragedy, and has remained silent ever since. Healthcare Minister...
Macedonia 10.09.21 | 12:46

Faulty defibrillator remains a possible cause of the Tetovo hospital fire

Sloboden Pecat reports the indirect testimony of a doctor from the Tetovo modular Covid hospital, who told colleagues that he saw smoke coming out from a defibrillator that was being used to reanimate a young patient. This, according to other witnesses, was a possible reason for the fire. The colleague...
Macedonia 10.09.21 | 12:40

Tetovo: Families begin burying their dead

Families of th victims of the Tetovo hospital fire will begin burying their family members today, Alsat TV reported. Fifteen people died in the fire in the modular Covid hospital, and 12 were injured. The cause of the fire is still being investigated, and forensics teams examined the bodies.
Macedonia 10.09.21 | 12:30

Tetovo hospital fire toll rose to 15

The body of another, 15th casualty from the devastating hospital fire in Tetovo, was brought for a forensics examination to Skopje today. It is a 20 year old woman who was suffering from cerebral palsy and was treated at the improvised Covid hospital that caught fire. According to eyewitnesses, the woman...
Macedonia 10.09.21 | 10:45

Tetovo police arrests an 80 year old heroin dealer

Police in Tetovo arrested an 80 year old man who was selling heroin. During the raid in his apartment, the police seized drugs and a large cache of ammunition.
Macedonia 10.09.21 | 09:25

After the catastrophic fire in Tetovo, prosecutor Ruskoska reportedly investigating the crony contract to build the container hospitals

Organized crime prosecutor Vilma Ruskoska has required to review the documents from the procurement contract to build modular Covid hospitals, SDK.mk reported. A total of 19 such units were built earlier this year, mainly located next to general hospitals in larger cities, to provide spill-over capacity....
Macedonia 10.09.21 | 08:46

Tetovo fire: Two of the dead were outside visitors to the hospital

Two of the 14 casualties in the horrific fire in the Tetovo hospital were not patients but outside visitors, said doctor Gzim Nuredini. The practice of allowing relatives and other people to enter what should normally be a restricted Covid ward was encouraged by the Tetovo hospital, since they are short-staffed...
Macedonia 09.09.21 | 19:57

Hajredini: The result of the expert analysis does not exclude or reduce the moral responsibility of the minister and the director

The result of the expert analysis, whatever it is, does not exclude or reduce the objective and moral responsibility of the minister and the director, but also of Zaev and Teuta. We are witnessing that in the civilized world, even for not so tragic cases, officials resign, ex-minister Xhevdet Hajredini...
Macedonia 09.09.21 | 18:40

Victims in Tetovo hospital fire aged between 29 and 79

The Minister of Health Venko Filipce informed at Thursday’s press conference that 26 patients were hospitalized in the Covid Center in Tetovo during this terrible event, and two doctors and four nurses were also in the hospital during the fire. 12 patients who were evacuated safely from the covid...
Macedonia 09.09.21 | 17:27

Pendarovski: At this moment I do not know if there is a basis for moral and political accountability

President Stevo Pendarovski told reporters in Tetovo on Thursday that according the information he has received from authorities, so far there are no indications that the fire that erupted in the modular hospital was intentional. However, I say, it is the information I have at this moment and of course...
Macedonia 09.09.21 | 14:21

Witness testimony: The Tetovo hospital fire was caused by a defibrillator

Media outlets in Tetovo are carrying the testimony of a family which fled the fire in the Covid hospital in the nick of time. According to them, the fire apparently started when doctors were using a defibrillator to help a dying young girl. Horrific tragedy in Tetovo, at least 14 dead as fire rips through...
Macedonia 09.09.21 | 14:13

The Healthcare Ministry and its politically linked contractor insist that the Tetovo hospital was built maintaining high safety standards

The Brako company and the Healthcare Ministry issued statements insisting that the modular hospital, which burnt down with huge loss of life yesterday in Tetovo, was built up to all expected standards. Horrific tragedy in Tetovo, at least 14 dead as fire rips through improvised Covid hospital Our company...
Macedonia 09.09.21 | 13:59

Three days of mourning declared

The Government declared a three day period of mourning, following the devastating fire that ripped through a Covid hospital in Tetovo, killing at least 14. Starting today, flags will fly at half mast, and all public venues are urged to cancel cultural events, parties and sports events. The political...
Macedonia 09.09.21 | 11:28

PHOTO, VIDEO: Dreadful scenes at the burnt Covid hospital in Tetovo

As morning came, the city of Tetovo woke to dreadful scenes at the site of the improvised Covid hospital that burnt down yesterday evening. At least 14 patients were killed and 12 people were injured in the inferno. Local new outlets shared the scene of charred beds and plastic.
Macedonia 09.09.21 | 11:16

Tetovo declares three days of mourning after hospital fire kills 14 Covid patients

Tetovo Mayor Teuta Arifi declared three days of mourning in the city, after the devastating fire in the modular Covid hospital that killed at least 14 patients. We will support the families from our emergency funds, as soon as we have officially determined the identities of the victims, Mayor Arifi said. Horrific...
Macedonia 09.09.21 | 10:19

Toll in the Tetovo Covid hospital fire: 14 dead and 12 injured

The Healthcare Ministry informed that 14 people were killed and 12 injured in the fire that devastated the Covid hospital in Tetovo yesterday. According to the Ministry, 26 patients were treated in the modular hospital at the time of the fire. The surviving patients continue to be treated in the Tetovo...
Macedonia 09.09.21 | 09:52

14 deaths confirmed in the Tetovo hospital fire

The confirmed death toll from the devastating fire in the Tetovo Covid hospital yesterday is put at 14, state prosecutors informed this morning. Horrific tragedy in Tetovo, at least 10 dead as fire rips through improvised Covid hospital In some cases, the bodies are so badly burnt, a DNA test will...
Macedonia 09.09.21 | 08:57

Tetovo hospital director warned about problems with the modular hospital

The modular hospital in Tetovo that burnt down yesterday evening while dozens of Covid patients were treated there – with at least 10 killed – was plagued with problems from the start. It was one of a dozen modular hospitals ordered by the Healthcare Ministry and set up next to the main Covid...
Macedonia 09.09.21 | 08:42

State leaders rushed to Tetovo, did not disclose more information about the tragic fire

Top Government officials rushed to Tetovo yesterday, as the news of the major fire in the modular Covid hospital spread, abandoning the celebrations organized for the 30th anniversary of Macedonia’s independence in Skopje. Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, DUI party leader Ali Ahmeti, Deputy Prime Minister...
Macedonia 09.09.21 | 08:33

Horrific tragedy in Tetovo, at least 14 dead as fire rips through improvised Covid hospital

The Macedonian public remains in the dark about the horrific tragedy that struck the modular Covid hospital in Tetovo yesterday evening. After hours of uncertainty, this morning prosecutors informed there were 14 casualties in the fire – all or almost all of them Covid patients who were hospitalized...
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