Republican Diabetis Centre to be set up in Moldovan capital

19:03 | 27.06.2016 Category: Official

Chisinau, 27 June /MOLDPRES/ - Prime Minister Pavel Filip today had a meeting with Chair of the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) Șehnaz Karadeniz, the government’ s communication and media relations department has reported.

The discussion was focused on the aspect of boosting the cooperation between Moldova and IDF. Also, the sides tackled problems on enforcement of more concepts of preventing hyperglycemia, as well as on implementing measures to back people sick with diabetes in Moldova.

The PM thanked the International Diabetes Federation for involvement in development of more projects in Moldova, such as schooling of Moldovan specialists in prevention of diabetes and providing a grant for opening a department of diagnosing complications of the diabetes. Also, the prime minister referred to actions undertaken by the government to back persons sick with diabetes.

“Presently, the state fully supplies the people ill with diabetes with insulin. Tests for assessing the glycaemic level have been recently introduced in the list of goods compensated by the National Health Insurances Company. This will allow permanently checking and monitoring the state of the sick person – an important element for all persons ill with diabetes,” Pavel Filip said.

At the same time, the PM said he relied on the support by the International Diabetes Federation in creating a Republican Diabetes Centre in Chisinau, which will ensure the entire process of specialized assistance, diagnosing, treatment and providing the needed support to diabetes patients.

For her part, Șehnaz Karadeniz confirmed the willingness of the organisation she was representing to back the carrying out of this important project in Moldova. She stressed that an important goal in this respect should be the prevention and control over diabetes.

The sides also exchanged opinions on the national programme on Diabetes Control for 2017, due to be developed by the Health Ministry, jointly with the relevant NGOs, in line with recommendations by IDF specialists, as well as other international experts.

(Editor A. Raileanu)

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