At today’s press conference, Health Minister Sašo Klekovski presented the results of a visit by surgeons from the dealt with by the Medical Center ãosheba to Tel Aviv.
As reported by the Ministry of Health, along with the Northern Macedonia medical teams, they conducted 24 expert examinations and 16 operations on persons injured in the tragedy in Kocan.
The Israeli team’s Facebook was on the soles of their hands and upper limbs in order to restore their function. Surgeryal interventions included excision and revision of cicatrics, release of contractors, Z-plastics and full-blasting skin transplants, say by the MSH.
Health authorities are engaged in long-term care. Caring for injured persons in Kocan did not end with hospital treatment. It continues through surgery, checks and rehabilitation. I thank my colleagues from the Medical Center dealt with Sheba. Dr. Harac and Dr. Canfino Kac was with us even immediately after the tragedy, and now they are back to continue offering their help, said Minister Klekovski.
A total of 16 patients, 10 men and 6 women have been operated. Six operations have been conducted at the Clinical for Plastic Surgery and Restructuring in Skopje, among which the five most complex interventions, while ten operations have been conducted at the Kocan General Hospital.
Director Gjorgievska Pavlovska stressed that the tracking and monitoring of patients operating continues in clinics. Director Mircovska added that the ten patients operated in Kocan will continue medical checks near their settlement.
Gordana Georgieva explained that the Ministry’s task force co-ordinates all activities to meet the needs of injured persons, ranging from categories of injuries to drafting the rehabilitation plan for each patient.