Two reports that assessed the water in Gostivar as safe, even though a later investigation found that the contaminated water had already entered the water supply system, raise serious questions about the responsibility of health institutions, say Levica.
They point out that on June 29, the Tetovo Public Health Center issued an expert opinion that the water "meets legal and professional regulations," and on July 13, another assurance followed that the water was safe. Just one day later, according to Levica, the mass influx of patients with diarrhea, vomiting, fever, and exhaustion began.
"To date, no one from the healthcare chain, which was supposed to be the last line of defense before the disaster, has taken and there is no indication that they will take appropriate responsibility," the party says, demanding that it be determined who took the sample, from which point and at what moment, how it was transported, what parameters were tested, and who verified the results.
Levica says that responsibility cannot be limited to the Tetovo Public Health Center alone, but that the entire chain of expert control must be examined, including the Institute of Public Health and the State Sanitary and Health Inspectorate. According to the party, the Institute of Public Health has a legal obligation to coordinate the expert work of the public health centers, while the Minister of Health appoints and dismisses the director of the Tetovo Public Health Center.
"After the two scandalous reports of June 29 and July 13 surfaced, the question is no longer what Klekovski knew, but what he undertook," say people from Levica.
They demand personal responsibility from the party for everyone who participated in the preparation, approval, and oversight of the reports, urgent procedures for the managers in the institutions that failed, as well as a response from the Prosecutor's Office on what has been done regarding the disputed reports.
