
The number of heart patients has increased from 2020 to 2023. There are many reasons, but the specialist doctors of the "Omer Nishani" Regional Hospital in Gjirokastër say that it is no coincidence that the increase in cardiopathy has advanced after the COVID pandemic. 19. But the most worrying thing is that cardiac cases are increasing significantly among young people, 25-year-olds who have had a myocardial infarction or milder symptoms such as tachycardia.
Cardiologist Alma Mijo told "Report Tv" that young people are presented with serious problems and among the causes is the consumption of psychotropic substances or the way of eating and lifestyle with lack of physical activity.
In Gjirokastra, the number of people receiving disability pension has increased precisely because of serious cases of cardiovascular disease.
In relation to 2020, in 2023 in Gjirokastër the cases of applications for disability pension benefits have increased by 30% and in 90% of the cases there are patients who have passed the coronavirus regardless of age. While the number of people affected by heart disease has increased by almost 20%.
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