Month: May 2021

Third heart transplant successfully performed

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When it comes to human lives, it does not matter if it is day or night, weekend or work day

According to the previous preparations, early this morning around 6:30 am, the team of cardiac surgeons started a transplantation of a heart from a deceased donor. In the premises of the state cardiovascular surgery department, Academician Dr. Zan Mitrev together with Dr. Nikola Hristov, Prof. Dr. Sasko Jovev, Dr. Marjan Sokarovski and Dr. Vasil Papestiev from the cardiovascular surgery department accompanied by a team of anaesthesiologists, cardiac perfusionists, instrumentalists, and nurses performed this operation which lasted about 5 hours , which is  officially the third completed transplantation in our country. The family of a deceased 40-year-old woman gave consent for her heart to continue beating in the chest of a 32-year-old woman.

Another two kidney transplantations are expected to be performed today.

Many thanks to all other doctors from the cardiovascular surgery department who took part, as well as to all other members of the Zan Mitrev Clinic team, such as Dr. Tanja Angjusheva, Aleksandra Temelkovska and Katerina Ristovska-Janev.

Of course, expressions of gratitude to Doc. Dr. Maja Mojsova Mijovska , the National Transplantation Coordinator, the Ministry of Health / Ministria e Shëndetësisëand the Minister Venko Filipcе.

FROM TOMORROW: COVID-19 TESTING AT THE OHRID ST. PAUL THE APOSTLE AIRPORT

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With the beginning of the summer flight schedule at the Ohrid St. Paul the Apostle Airport and in accordance with the requirements of many countries for a mandatory negative COVID -19 test as a prerequisite for air travel, the Laboratory of Genetics and Personalized Medicine at the Zan Mitrev Clinic will provide Covid-19 testing, i.e., antigen testing at the Ohrid Airport just before passenger departure.

Tomorrow (Saturday May 8), our COVID-19 testing point will be set up near the entrance of the Ohrid St. Paul the Apostle Airport terminal.

The COVID-19 testing point will operate on days when there are flights to countries requiring a negative antigen test, 4 hours before the departure time.

The COVID-19 testing center of the Zan Mitrev Clinic provides convenience to all passengers traveling from the Ohrid St. Paul the Apostle Airport especially to EU / Schengen countries, so that they will have ample time to undergo antigen testing before entering the airport terminal and complete all airport procedures.

For more details, please contact the Zan Mitrev Laboratory at: +389 2 3091484 or visit our website at the following link: https://zmc.mk/en/services/microbiological-laboratory /.

For more information on tests accepted by EU / Schengen countries, please contact the Embassy of the country of your arrival.

If passengers decide to be tested at the Ohrid St. Paul the Apostle Airport, we urge them to arrive at the airport at least 4 hours before departure time, to avoid crowds and grouping in front of the airport terminal.

At the moment, our COVID-19 testing point at the Ohrid Airport provides antigen and PCR testing approved by the WHO.

For all other types of COVID-19 tests, we invite passengers to make them in an authorized laboratory before arriving at the airport.

Given the current situation in which the EU / Schengen countries are constantly changing travel rules related to COVID-19 and given the fact that each country independently makes changes in terms of travel restrictions for the citizens of the Republic of North Macedonia, we appeal to passengers to check the latest travel requirements with their airline and the Embassy of the country of arrival before their flight.