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Opposition slams PM’s healthcare performance

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TIRANA, Jan. 24 – Four years ago, the chairman of the Socialist Party Edi Rama, promised that he would make quality, free health care, a right to all citizens. However, most experts agree, in its first mandate the government has failed short to deliver on one of the key pillars of the Socialists’ much-touted Renaissance program. During a meeting in Durres, Prime Minister Rama promised that about 600,000 uninsured people will benefit the right of free health care services, and that “starting from February, all doctors prescriptions will be issued electronically.” “The application of e-prescription will avoid corruption in medicament…

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