"He doesn't walk, he just crawls..."/ The 36-year-old's hygiene package is taken away, he has to return the money

2024-10-01 22:28:55, Denoncim CNA

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The show "Stop" is located in Durrës with Mr. Nuri Plaku, who tells us about the problem that has recently arisen for him. He has a son with pre-tetraplegic status, who is treated with Kemp and hygiene-sanitary package.

In October 2023, the commission removed the payment of the package. But the employee of the Rrushbull Unit found this out in September 2024, a year later, and today he is asked to return the payment of 160,000 old leks per month.

Nuri Plaku: From 2009 to 2023, we received the hygiene and sanitation package. They informed me that it is 160 thousand old lek.

Journalist: What happened in October 2023?

Nuri Plaku: I visited the relevant doctor, they gave me the form, I took it to the municipality and they sent it to Tirana. They called me that the notification had arrived. On the 13th, they called me and told me that there was a problem and that they had removed the sanitary package. He told me 'you have to pay back 160,000 lek every month, I will not keep it all at once, I will keep it little by little'.

Nuri Plaku: It's been 36 years, it's an age now that... I always follow these works.

Nuri's son, Shkëlzen Plaku, is 36 years old and has never gone to school. He doesn't move, he just crawls.

Journalist: Shkëlzeni, did you go to school?

Shkëlzen the Elder: Not any class.

Journalist: What can you do yourself?

Shkëlzen the Elder: I can't do anything, I'm walking with my hands and feet. I can't do anything without dad's help.

Nuri Plaku: Since it was 6 months until now I have received the pension, now why do they want to remove it? It's all the papers, they haven't seen them. Now that he turned 36, his diagnosis changed. Those in social service if they don't believe, let them bring a man here for a week and let them see.

Shkëlzen the Elder: Those from the commission told me that it is useless. 'We doubt you'.

The social administrator says that he feels very bad for this measure and it never occurred to him that the hygiene and sanitary package would be removed from him in this case.

Social Administrator: My mistake, that I did not see him, that when he is paraplegic, I should have, that I should have notified him and took him to Camp Superior.

Journalist: And how much is due to him to return?

Social Administrator: Every month 16 thousand ALL, 160 thousand old. It never occurred to me that the package could be taken away from him. I have been feeling very bad for 3 days.

Another employee: Does he tell you when he wants to go to the bathroom? If he says yes, then he does not have urinary incontinence, the caretaker informs and takes him away.

Journalist: Is the boy wearing diapers?

Nuri Plaku: Yes. I also take it off, because it doesn't stick, I also take it off, wash it, wash it off.

Given that the deadlines for animating this decision where the hygiene and sanitary payment has been removed have passed, it remains for Shkëlzen Plaku to turn to the commission once again to take another decision./ tvklan