Radiation from the cobalt apparatus at the Oncologist, details from the investigation file: It was set outside the technical conditions

Details emerge from the doctors' scandal at the Oncology hospital near QSUNT.

The program "Në Shënjestre" on News24 sheds light on how the investigation started by the Prosecutor's Office, which led to the security measures for doctors and nurses, vice. The director of QSUNT, etc.

A seemingly huge scandal has recently erupted in the Oncology Hospital in Tirana, where an investigation by the Prosecutor's Office of Tirana, initiated after a citizen's report in 2023, has resulted in the detention of several doctors of this ward, where they are treated cancer patients.

As well as the deputy director of the University Hospital Center 'Mother Teresa'.

At the core of this whole investigation is the way in which the doctors, after the patients came to them, that is, to the public service, sent the latter to their private clinics, which have very high prices for a family's budget Albanian.

But in order to save the lives of their family members, they were forced to go there, where, according to the investigations and interceptions, they were directed by the attending doctor in the public sector, who would deal with their treatment.

Or that they did not give them the right doses of chemotherapy, hiding the drugs, which according to the findings, it turns out that they sold them in different pharmacies, or kept them in their private clinics.

But how did the investigation for the Oncology ward at the 'Mother Teresa' University Hospital Center in Tirana begin?

And is this a full investigation, or just another facade, hiding much bigger and painful truths than that?

According to the investigative file provided by the show "Në Shënjester", the investigation of the Prosecutor's Office of Tirana initially started with the lack of commissioning of the Cobalt-Therapy Apparatus, which serves for the radioactive treatment of patients with cancerous skin diseases.

Apparatus which, despite having been in the premises of the Oncology pavilion for several years, had never been put to work. Breaking down several times.

Meanwhile, due to being placed in an inappropriate room, i.e. not in a bunker, where there were all the appropriate security measures, it endangered not only the health of the patients but also of the radiologists.

Prosecutor's Office of Tirana

Following the investigative actions, it was found that a Cobalt Therapy Apparatus was installed in the Oncology Hospital at QSUNT for the treatment of patients diagnosed with tumor diseases and especially skin cancer diseases.

But in order to use Cobalt-Therapy, an anti-radioactive or anti-atomic bunker must be created under the conditions approved and presented by the Vienna Atomic Agency or the International Agency called IEAHEA.

But the investigations revealed that this bunker was not only not created, but the apparatus was placed outside the technical conditions.

Since 2021, when this device arrived in Albania and until today, not only has it not been used, but it has been left in inappropriate conditions, becoming a source of danger to the medical personnel themselves as a result of the possible radiation emitted by this device.

So, as we said, this apparatus was not only not placed at the service of patients who meanwhile had an urgent need for treatment, but also endangered the lives of doctors. Some of whom have subsequently been diagnosed with cancerous diseases and for whom someone must be held responsible.

Or at the same time start an investigation on the Ministry of Health, its lack of responsibility, on the health of patients and doctors. News 24