site.btaBuilding Hospital in Pristina to Cost Over EUR 50 Mln, Create 400 New Jobs, Municipal Health Director Sadiku Says

More than two decades have passed since it was promised that the construction of the Pristina Hospital, which is expected to provide secondary health services, will begin. However, this project, which is estimated to be one of the biggest investments for Kosovar health after the war, has only now received the green light to start work, KosovaPress reported Sunday.

The capital's hospital, which is planned to cost over 50 million euro in investments, is expected to have cardiology, gynecology, pediatrics, general surgery and endocrinology units, among others.

The Director of Health in the Municipality of Pristina, Izet Sadiku, told KosovaPress in an interview that the project is expected to be tendered very soon and the construction of the hospital to begin, while indicating that it will enable the provision of many health services for patients and the employment of about 400 health workers.

Sadiku mentioned that the completion of the capital's Hospital may take up to three years.

Sadiku told KosovaPress that the 4.5-hectare property where this hospital will be built has been decided to be in New Pristina, near the Palace of Justice.

He said that this year they allocated nearly EUR 3 million for the start of the construction of this project, which is expected to cost over EUR 50 million.

Among other things, Izet Sadiku mentioned that about 40% of the services in this hospital will be dedicated to outpatient treatments.