The civil movement URA in Budva today welcomed the move by the Ministry of Health and the Institute of Public Health to finally, after months of waiting, borrow 8.000 doses of hepatitis B vaccine from Croatian colleagues, which had not been available in the Health Center in Budva, but in the whole of Montenegro, since March .
"They say that they have already reacted to this problem and consider it an extremely frivolous situation in which it is possible for the health system of the country to remain without vaccines for several months, while the same is zealous in leading a campaign to vaccinate children and submitting applications for parents who do not vaccinate their children. You will admit that it is extremely absurd to carry out campaigns for mandatory vaccination, and at the same time, when parents bring the youngest citizens to a health facility to receive the vaccine, the vaccine is not available for months. Many had to go to the nearest Dubrovnik for the vaccination of their children, so that their children could receive the vaccine that is necessary for enrollment in educational institutions and travel to some destinations such as the USA", said the vice-president of the Budva board and member of the presidency of the GP URA Blažo. Radjenovic.
He added that the very loan from the Croatian health system is an act of goodwill from our neighbors.
"In a situation like this, there are no excuses and stories about failed tenders, but those responsible in a normal country would bear the consequences. Of course, that will be absent here. At the same time, it is known that many tenders in Montenegro have their own epilogue, so we invite the competent judicial authorities to investigate the "failed tenders" in which "Montefarm", according to them, needed these vaccines and did so unsuccessfully months ago. We also believe that this is one of the no less important reasons why the birth rate in Montenegro is falling, because future parents do not have systemic support from competent institutions when raising their youngest, but are often left to fend for themselves, as in this case. This is not a good social policy of a country, and because of that, the results in this area are unenviable," concluded Rađenović
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