Tirana. The Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama inaugurated new surgical services for the “Mother Teresa”University Hospital of Tirana realised in context of the agreement for cooperation and collaboration between Umbria and Albania. The works have been taken under contract in December 2015, one year after the Memorandum of Understanding in Tirana by President Catiuscia Marini and Abanian Health Minister ilir Beqaj and have been executed by three Italian companies (two of which from Umbria) and one local, regrouped under the name “SaniService Shpk”. It is the first step of a ten-year concession regarding sterilisation, maintenance and supply services for surgical apparatus and sterilisation maintenance of reusable material, single-use material, hospital waste management, and disinfection of operating rooms. It is a vast array of service that will be put into effect in the upcoming 18 months in every regional and state hospital of Albania. (9colonne)