The government is taking adequate and timely measures regarding air pollution, said relevant minister Kenan Hrapović, stating that measures have been sent to the representatives of the municipalities where the problem is most pronounced, which will contribute to improving the situation.
After the Government session, he said that air pollution is an active topic every day.
"We are working proactively and have taken concrete steps, namely meetings with representatives of the Ministry of Sustainable Development and Tourism and the Environmental Protection Agency," Hrapović said.
He stated that certain inputs were sent to the representatives of the municipalities where this problem is expressed and where the pollution is the greatest.
"We have concretized the measures that should be implemented. In the coming period, this will contribute to improving the situation in those municipalities where the problem is expressed," Hrapović said.
He specified that they sent inputs to the presidents of the municipalities of Nikšić, Pljevlja and Bijelo Polje and the mayor of Podgorica.
"The Ministry of Health is taking adequate and timely measures regarding air pollution, but the health system is treating the consequences of what is happening in the country," Hrapović said.
He said that the talks on increasing the salaries of healthcare workers are ongoing and, as he believes, will result in mutual satisfaction.
When asked if he is afraid of the relief that will come into force in Germany on March 1 in the sense of a mass departure of doctors from Montenegro, and if increasing wages is one of the ways to keep them, he replied that personnel planning is a serious task that the Ministry is dealing with. in the previous period.
"I am happy about the fact that this year 146 doctors and 20 doctors from sub-specialization will return from specialization, and that is a new energy for strengthening the health system and protection", said Hrapović.
According to him, 96 doctors returned from specialization in the previous two years.
"This is encouraging news and proof that the state takes care and responsibly plans a long-term personnel policy when it comes to this area," said Hrapović.
He added that increasing the salary of healthcare workers is an issue to which the Government is committed.
"In addition, there are investments in education, in specializations, sub-specializations, where millions of funds are allocated, as well as the purchase of apartments on favorable terms. We are witnessing a significant technical and technological improvement of the work of each employee, and this is where a whole is rounded off so that we have security in the coming period when it comes to the treatment of citizens," said Hrapović.
He said that each individual makes a decision in accordance with his life commitment
"It is a serious problem, not only for Montenegro. It is a global problem. "Population migration is a problem, but it is a huge problem for us when it comes to healthcare, but we will continue with a stronger dynamic to enable our workers to stay in their home country," Hrapović said.
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