Human Organization "Doors of Life" / Progni: We have implemented free interventions for the treatment of the sick


 INTERVIEW WITH THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF HUMAN ORGANIZATION: "DOORS OF LIFE", Dr. BENARD PROGNI Conducted the

interview: Xhelal Marku, journalist

Question:

Mr. Benard Progni, you are the founder and leader of a special humanitarian organization, which bears the significant name "Doors of Life", can you tell us how the idea of ​​creating this was born organized?

Answer:


The "Doors of Life" Center is a non-profit organization founded in 2019, which aims to help the sick and people in need through the support of donors, or the generosity of citizens. The idea for the creation of this humanitarian organization was like a call or harassment, which was created for me by getting acquainted with the problems and difficult economic situation of many sick Albanian citizens, who were financially unable to pay to receive the necessary assistance. medical. In these conditions, I began to think about what I could do to help these people in need, who had been totally overwhelmed by suffering and misery. As a doctor, for the profession to require you to be humane, I called on the forgotten sense of humanism and designed emergency first aid to alleviate some of their pain and suffering. After getting to know the sick and their health and economic situation, I began to think about what opportunities I have to alleviate their spiritual pain. They were many, but my opportunities were few. I began to seek support and cooperation from businessmen and other doctors, who had the character of humanism and charity to people in need. I found the first support and feedback and increased my efforts and optimism to take this initiative further, which the Great God pushed me to pursue and carry it to the end. Of course, with God's help, the first results came and so the cooperation took off. My heart warmed and I started implementing charity projects. Those were the first beginnings and I felt insecure on my way, but it happened differently. The doors of cooperation and humanism were opened, that created real opportunities to help previously identified patients. On this basis, the management staff of our Center was set up and the work started programmed according to a genuine and affordable study from our financial possibilities. Thus, thanks to the cooperation and humane and generous spirit of businessmen and citizens sensitive to these concerns of people in need, the collection of necessary funds began, to financially support our medical intervention for the treatment of those patients identified by the our “Doors of Life” center. Initially it was a bold initiative, but through cooperation we succeeded. This created convictions among the Albanian citizens, who, seeing our successful reaction, rushed to the doors of our Center to get the necessary help. The cases were numerous, but we designed the most emergency first aid and the work started fruitful. In this journey, I want to emphasize that we found support not only from our clinics within the country, but also from international clinics, which offered us the opportunities of a humane cooperation in the treatment of identified patients. This was a positive and very hopeful signal for us to move more confidently in our charity projects. On this basis, we established our humane clinic and set up the relevant staff dedicated to carrying out this very humanitarian and charitable mission for families and people in need, which has already expanded its activities throughout Albania. In our clinic, today patients find the right medical service in several specialties, such as: cardiology, pathology, surgery, cardiopediatrics and obstetrics-gynecology. The "Doors of Life" Center is run by Mr. Shkëlzen Logu, in the capacity of the Chairman of the Board, and from me, Benard Progni, in the capacity of the Executive Director.

Question:

The "Doors of Life" Center, which you lead, is a new organization in charitable and humanitarian activity, how did you manage to bring its values ​​and work so quickly?

Answer:

I want to emphasize from the beginning that the key to the whole secret of our work, lies in the organization of a spirit of cooperation with individuals and representatives of humane businesses, sensitive to the many troubles and problems that make people suffer from economic impossibility and conditions difficult living. It was the generosity and the spirit of charity that united us on our path with generous and humane people, which enabled us to set up the “Doors of Life” Center and operate its humane charity program for individuals and families in need. It is unbelievable that this Center, which started from scratch, thanks to our fruitful cooperation, today has created a solid foundation, which enables the concrete realization of its free program for the treatment of the sick and the provision of economic assistance to the families of poor. On this basis, The "Doors of Life" Center, which has expanded its activities throughout the country, has in its program the study, identification, conducting visits and tests, as well as free examination for patients who do not have the financial means to 'was cured. For all identified cases, in cooperation with medical clinics inside and outside the country, opportunities have been found to provide free health services. But, our work does not end here, because for poor families and in difficult economic conditions, the Center "Doors of Life" has planned assistance with food, medicine, clothing, monetary value, etc., alleviating some of the difficulties and conditions of living. Thanks to the extraordinary dedication and unity of human values, our charity: "Doors of life", it came to life and on the basis of generosity and humanism, it is growing and strengthening day by day. It is a living testimony of the best human values, where the will, desire, dedication, dignity, humanity and generosity of the founders of the Center, is already exceeding the limits of our expectation and is growing and expanding rapidly. Thus, the "Doors of Life" Center, although very young, with its work and dedication, is affirming its values ​​every day, returning the missing smile to people in need, where previously the tears of poverty and a hopeless life. it is already exceeding the limits of our expectation and is growing and expanding at a rapid pace. Thus, the "Doors of Life" Center, although very young, with its work and dedication, is affirming its values ​​every day, returning the missing smile to people in need, where previously the tears of poverty and a hopeless life. it is already exceeding the limits of our expectation and is growing and expanding at a rapid pace. Thus, the "Doors of Life" Center, although very young, with its work and dedication, is affirming its values ​​every day, returning the missing smile to people in need, where previously the tears of poverty and a hopeless life.

Question:

In the program of the Center "Doors of Life", some interventions have been carried out for the free treatment of the sick, but also economic assistance for poor families, can you name the cases of these solutions?

Answer:
Yes. Since the establishment of our Human Center, there have been several emergencies of patients who, due to poverty, could not buy medicines and could not find treatment options. The staff of our organization was seriously committed to help their free treatment, through cooperation with clinics at home and abroad. It is to be appreciated the fact that this cooperation was successful, enabling the appropriate solutions for the health service in the identified cases. I am mentioning some of them: Endrit Mehmeti, a child of the Roma community, from Divjaka, Lushnja, 13 years old, born with agammaglobulinemia and gross syndrome (lack of immunoglobulins and deficiency of the skeletal system in the lower extremities), with our intervention , was sent for treatment to one of the most specialized hospitals in Turkey, where he was operated on and is being treated for free. Also, thanks to the cooperation and solidarity with business people, our Center "Doors of Life" carried out the restoration of the apartment of Astrit Mehmeti, a family in need, returning it to normal living conditions. These two cases were the beginning of our charitable and humane work, which later led to the creation of the Center: "Doors of Life".

This humanitarian organization, having in its mission to help families in need, has extended its activity in several cities of Albania, helping poor families with food and clothing, with medicines, medicines and free treatments in private clinics. state in the country, but also abroad. "Doors of Life" with its own funds has sponsored 20 postoperative physiotherapy sessions for Endrit Mahmeti, when he returned from Turkey.

Thanks to the cooperation and twinning with centers of cardiopediatric clinics in Italy and Austria, it became possible to cure two little twin sisters from Stravec i Divjaka: Resmije Todaj and Arta Todaj 6 years old, who were born with a hole in the heart. Also, thanks to the cooperation with our humane and generous business partners, it was achieved that the 20-year-old girl Geraldina Stafa from Tirana, born with pulmonary hypotension and complex chronic heart disease, was provided with medication from Italy. Also, with the care and dedication of the medical staff of the "Doors of Life" Center, it became possible to treat and cure in a cardiopediatric clinic a boy named, Enea Zene 12 years old, born with cerebral angioedema and indeterminate arrhythmia in heart and thanks to the generosity of the citizens, Custom medicines were received from Italy for 6 months, as these medicines were not available in Albania. The "Doors of Life" Center, with its human contribution, enabled the treatment of two sick twins from Fushë - Miloti: Emest Hyseni and Eljon Hyseni 4 years old, born with epilopiogenic encephalopathy and spastic cerebral palsy (ie not both children moved and due to illness were underdeveloped and did not speak). In addition, our "DJ" Center, has joined the great pain of the family, coming to the aid of medicines, which are non-refundable by the state and come to order from outside our country. I would like to mention another case, where with the intervention of our humanitarian organization, "Doors of Life" was enabled the treatment in a private clinic of 22-year-old Thomas Ferracak from Lushnja,

Thanks to solidarity, generosity and humanity, the staff of "DJ" reached the family of Gëzim Xhepa from Shupenza of Dibra, a very poor family with no livelihood. With its generosity, the Center returned the smile to this family for the new year 2020, helping them with food and a wheelchair for their sick son Bajram Xhepa, 23 years old. In appreciation of the work done by our charity and its staff, the Municipality of Divjaka of Lushnja district has honored him with the Certificate "Acknowledgment", and me as its director, with the title: "Honorary Citizen" of Grabian Municipal Unit.

Thus, thanks to the commitment and unification of human values, the "Doors of Life" Center came to life and is moving confidently in the realization of its humanitarian programs. She, with her wisdom and humanism, showed that she is able to do great work as well, alleviating the hardships and troubles of poor families and individuals. Therefore, today we can say that from the care of the staff of this Center for the life and health of the people, our health institutions, doctors and all the staff of our hospitals have something to learn and first of all, let them learn from their humanity unprecedented and missing in these years, at the doors of our hospitals.

Question:

What does the Doors of Life Center intend to achieve in its upcoming program?

Answer:

In order to expand our humane and charitable service to sick individuals and families with economic difficulties, the staff of our organization has in its strategy the extension of cooperation with disability associations, which protect and help the most needy strata of Albanian society. Cooperation with them, serves us to know and identify better and more closely the most urgent problems of the disabled, on the basis of which we then plan our interventions and solutions, case by case. So, our cooperation with the associations of the disabled is related to the realization of our humane and charitable program of the Center "Doors of Life". Therefore, in the future, this cooperation will increase and strengthen, helping the impossible and sacrificial people and poor families, with minimal living conditions.

- Good luck doctor and thank you for the interview!

- Thank you!

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