Another scandal in Oncology!/ Journalist: Cancer patients are told not to go to the hospital due to lack of medicine

Journalist Osman Stafa has uncovered a shocking scandal at the Oncology Hospital, where doctors call patients to tell them not to show up for treatment due to a lack of vital medications.

Through messages published by the journalist himself, a patient diagnosed with cancer wrote:
"Good morning, Osman! They called me and informed me that there is no treatment. I am not going to the hospital at all, thank you."

According to the complaint, the lack of medicines has created a critical situation, where patients suffering from serious illnesses are left without treatment. Doctors have turned into a kind of "call center", informing cancer patients not to come to the hospital if there are no medicines for them.

A serious case is that of a patient with blood cancer, who has not received the necessary treatment for two months due to the lack of the drug Daratumumab. The situation is also worse for breast cancer patients, whose treatment with the drug Phesgo has been interrupted. This drug is essential for the treatment of the disease, but in its absence, patients are taking Herceptin, an ineffective alternative.

The journalist's full complaint:

Officially, we see that on her profile, Mrs. Koçiu is campaigning, meaning she is seeking the votes of Albanians. She is the Minister of Health and, in fact, I was watching her these days as citizens—I myself have published their messages, which are confirmed because they also talk about medications.

A citizen says: "Good morning, Osman! They called me and told me that there is no treatment. I'm not going to the hospital at all, thank you."

What have they done? So, they have created a system that notifies citizens who suffer from cancer, that when there is a shortage of medications, they tell them: "Don't come."

So, doctors back in the call center! Doctors warn patients: "Don't come to the hospital because there is no medicine."

And I ask the citizen: "What medication do you need that you don't have, and how long has it been since you had chemotherapy?"

He tells me: "About 2 months." He is a patient who suffers from cancer, blood cancer. Medication: Daratumumab.

So, this is one of the cases. Then, the last one in oncology, which is going to be a big scandal because they couldn't provide a medication for women suffering from breast cancer.

It is a medication that is quite important and it has been clinically proven that the response to this medication for women suffering from breast cancer is very good.

It's called Phesgo, and according to the reports I've received, in the absence of this medication, they give patients—that is, women and girls—Herceptin.

Do you even know what you are creating and risking with this? Because a doctor from within the oncology department wrote to me, who stated the following:

"Osman, the situation in oncology is repeating itself. There are women and girls who have started first-line treatment with Phesgo. Discontinuing Phesgo creates cellular resistance in patients suffering from breast cancer. The cell becomes insensitive when you introduce the drug whenever Albanës Koçiu wants."

When this medication is discontinued, the risk of disease progression increases because the drug keeps the cell from multiplying.

"Herceptin doesn't do the job of Phesgo. It's not a replacement. It's better than nothing, but the results that Phesgo achieves Herceptin doesn't achieve. So, replacing Phesgo with Herceptin is criminal. It's to hide the lack of chemo."