The teams of the City of Skopje started today the second phase of the reconstruction of Indira Gandhi Street in the municipality of Shuto Orizari. The rebuilding of the second part of this freeway is scheduled to be completed within 50 days.

- As we promised last fall when we began the reconstruction of the first phase of Indira Gandhi Street, this spring we begin the reconstruction of the second phase of this street, 800 meters long, from Butelski Venec Street to Nov Zivot Street.

The old asphalt that has been completely destroyed will be replaced, the damaged curbs will be replaced, and the pavements will also be reconstructed. The investment of the City of Skopje in this project amounts to about 13.5 million denars with VAT - said Mayor Shilegov, at the beginning of the construction works on Indira Gandhi Street.

He emphasized that during the reconstruction of this section, a temporary traffic regime will be introduced in this part of the city.

- I ask the citizens to understand and respect this temporary traffic regime, in order to finish as soon as possible the reconstruction of this street that has not been reconstructed for more than 30 years. The City of Skopje invests in all parts of the city because for us all citizens are the same and have the same needs for good infrastructure.

At the beginning of this spring, when the planting season begins, here we will erect a new park - the first park to regulate the City of Skopje in Suto Orizari for the needs of the citizens - announced Shilegov.

For seven days women from Suto Orizari do not have a family gynecologist in the municipality. With the departure of the sole practitioner of reproductive health, they say, they are coming back a decade when their struggle for basic access to services of this type began.

Over 8,000 patients in the only gynecological practice in Suto Orizari have been locked for a week. They say they received a notification without notice that Dr. Vjolcza Mbjara is leaving for work in the Cento neighborhood. The Women's Initiative states that they have the right to equal and unhindered access to reproductive health services.

The previous doctor came from Albania three years ago. He was appointed by the Ministry of Health and received subsidies because he was not interested in gynecologists working in the area. Such treatment in a municipality with a predominantly Roma population constitutes discrimination, say civic activists. They asked the Minister of Health if there was a solution to this burning problem. If no quick solution is found, they warn of adverse effects on the reproductive health of Shuto Orizari women.

Health Minister Venko Filipce also made the announcement. She says the doctor has decided to leave alone. He is talking to several institutions to see if a gynecologist can provide the rotation system and, if he cannot, he announced that a budget for additional stimulation will be provided with the Health Ministry program.