For the first time in public hospitals, first in the "Koço Gliozheni" maternity hospital and then in the "Mbretëresha Geraldine" maternity hospital, assisted reproduction services will be offered.
The Minister of Health, Ogerta Manastirliu, said that "the first phase of the investment in the 'Koço Gliozheni' maternity hospital for the rehabilitation of the Emergency, the Women's Center, as well as the establishment of the Assisted Reproduction Center for the first time, is nearing completion. expand services, guaranteeing a new standard for mothers and newborns."
Regarding assisted reproduction, the minister said that "we are working on investment in terms of infrastructure, and further, bio-medical equipment and the entire package of drugs that are necessary, to start assisted reproduction for the first time seen in public hospitals."
"We are working to prepare the staff and to strengthen the capacities in this direction, in order to have a well-trained team, which will also continue the ongoing education in terms of these procedures, which, for the first time , will be carried out in the public hospital, precisely in the 'Koço Gliozheni' maternity hospital."
Assisted human reproduction is defined as any procedure that involves handling eggs, sperm, or both, outside of the human body. This includes artificial insemination, intrauterine insemination, in vitro fertilization and ovarian stimulation with medications.
