{"id":1130,"date":"2023-07-06T11:03:44","date_gmt":"2023-07-06T10:03:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sbunker.org\/?p=1130"},"modified":"2024-10-28T12:16:35","modified_gmt":"2024-10-28T10:16:35","slug":"ministria-e-shendetesise-demanton-pretendimin-per-mos-lejim-te-importit-te-oksigjenit-ne-spitalin-e-veriut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbunker.org\/en\/disinfo\/ministria-e-shendetesise-demanton-pretendimin-per-mos-lejim-te-importit-te-oksigjenit-ne-spitalin-e-veriut\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ministry of Health refutes the allegation that it is prohibiting the import of oxygen at the Hospital in the North"},"content":{"rendered":"
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North Mitrovica Hospital<\/div>\n
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*Prepared by: Ridona Berisha<\/em><\/div>\n

Some Serbian\u00a0media<\/a>\u00a0outlets and politicians have reacted to the oxygen shortage in the northern Mitrovica hospital, blaming the Kosovo government for it. This unsubstantiated claim, unsupported by reliable sources, has been denied by the authorities in Kosovo.<\/p>\n

Initially, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, on June 22nd, emphasized for\u00a0RTS<\/a>\u00a0that the hospital in northern Mitrovica is experiencing an oxygen shortage.<\/p>\n

\"This means that Serbs cannot import oxygen, bread, water, or anything produced in Serbia, but you Serbs are welcome if you need to earn money for our foreign companies. We are putting pressure on our American and German goods that are being transported by Serbs. Even foreigners have no shame in boasting about such a decision. At least one million euros per day are being lost,\"\u00a0said Vucic.<\/p>\n

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The same complaints have also been expressed by the Director of the Clinical and Hospital Center of Mitrovica in Kosovo,\u00a0\u00a0Zlatan Elek<\/a>. According to him, there are currently medications available in the hospital, but\u00a0\"the oxygen situation is alarming.\"\u00a0He further added that \"the government in Pristina, led by Albin Kurti, contests everything they have agreed upon in Brussels.\"<\/p>\n

\"Oxygen is necessary for operating rooms, for the delivery of babies, in short, for the normal functioning of our institution. So, in the event of a halt in the supply of oxygen from central Serbia, we are simply facing a humanitarian disaster,\"\u00a0declared Elek.<\/p>\n

This misinformation has also been spread by other Serbian media outlets such as\u00a0Republika.rs<\/a>,\u00a0Srbija Danas,<\/a>\u00a0Informer<\/a>, and\u00a0<\/a>Telegraf.rs<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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However, all of this was debunked by the Ministry of Health of Kosovo through a\u00a0media statement<\/a>, which notes that the statements made by Serbian representatives regarding oxygen supply are baseless.<\/p>\n

\"Yesterday, the Ministry of Health received notification that a shipment of oxygen supply is being sent to the Republic of Kosovo, and upon receiving this notification, we have contacted the Ministry of Internal Affairs to facilitate the conditions for the transportation of such a shipment,\"\u00a0the statement reads.<\/p>\n

According to the Ministry of Health, the oxygen shipment has been successfully received in Kosovo and distributed to the respective hospitals. The statement emphasizes that health and humanitarian matters have never been compromised, regardless of the political situation.<\/p>\n

This baseless claim by Serbian media and politicians arises at a time when the situation in northern Kosovo remains tense due to the appointment of Albanian mayors to local institutions. In\u00a0previous<\/a>\u00a0cases, the same media outlets have speculated about the alleged risk of a humanitarian crisis in the north as a result of political developments.<\/p>\n

*This article is published as part of the Western Balkans Regional Initiative against disinformation.<\/em>\u00a0\u201cWestern Balkans Anti-Disinformation Hub: exposing malign influences through watchdog journalism.\u201d<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Spitali i Mitrovic\u00ebs s\u00eb Veriut *P\u00ebrgatiti: Ridona Berisha Disa\u00a0media\u00a0dhe politikan\u00eb serb\u00eb kan\u00eb reaguar p\u00ebr munges\u00eb t\u00eb oksigjenit n\u00eb spitalin n\u00eb veri t\u00eb Mitrovic\u00ebs, duke e faj\u00ebsuar p\u00ebr k\u00ebt\u00eb Qeverin\u00eb e Kosov\u00ebs. Ky pretendim i pamb\u00ebshtetur n\u00eb burime t\u00eb besueshme \u00ebsht\u00eb mohuar nga autoritetet e Kosov\u00ebs. Fillimisht, presidenti i Serbis\u00eb, Aleksandar Vu\u00e7iq, m\u00eb 22 qershor theksoi\u00a0p\u00ebr\u00a0RTS\u00a0se […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":2254,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1241,363],"tags":[663,11,634],"ppma_author":[28],"class_list":["post-1130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-debunking","category-disinfo","tag-di","tag-kosova","tag-north-of-kosovo"],"authors":[{"term_id":28,"user_id":18,"is_guest":0,"slug":"disinfo","display_name":"Disinfo","avatar_url":{"url":"https:\/\/sbunker.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Sbunker_FAKE_NEWS_001-min1647858578.jpg","url2x":"https:\/\/sbunker.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Sbunker_FAKE_NEWS_001-min1647858578.jpg"},"user_url":"","last_name":"","first_name":"Disinfo","description":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbunker.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbunker.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbunker.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbunker.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbunker.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1130"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sbunker.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1130\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6542,"href":"https:\/\/sbunker.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1130\/revisions\/6542"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbunker.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbunker.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbunker.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbunker.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1130"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbunker.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=1130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}