Belgrade Traffic Chaos: When Blockades Become Deadly!
Imagine your life hanging by a thread, and you’re stuck in traffic for hours. No, this isn’t a horror movie scene, but the daily reality in Belgrade due to current road blockades that literally endanger the lives of patients from all over Serbia.
Ambulances Can’t Get Through – Time Is Life!
Doctors are sounding the alarm: scheduled chemotherapy, dialysis, surgeries – all are at risk! Patients coming from Serbia’s interior can’t reach hospitals on time because roads are blocked. Imagine someone going for dialysis having to wait hours in traffic, where every minute of delay can be fatal.
Healthcare institutions warn that blockades prevent emergency services and other medical functions from operating normally. Delivery of medicines, medical supplies, and even meals for hospitalized patients are jeopardized. Medical staff struggle to get to work, and surgical schedules collapse like a house of cards.
Patients in Agony: “Doctors Told Me I Would Die!”
At the Oncology Institute, nurses had to call patients who missed their scheduled therapy due to blockades. Waiting rooms, usually full, are now half-empty because people can’t get there. Those who do arrive often face taxi rides costing three times more because drivers have to circle the city.
Dr. Milijana Balević from the Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases Dedinje points out they treat the most critical patients, who are now also at risk because they can’t arrive on time. High temperatures only worsen the situation.
Chronic Patients on the Edge
Dr. Aleksandar Stojanović, director of the Palilula Health Center, says chronic patients who undergo dialysis every two days are the most endangered. Four vehicles transport them, but even they are delayed by two to three hours due to blockades. Add the heat, and the situation becomes even worse.
Patients late for tests, check-ups, or surgeries often have to postpone them, which can have catastrophic health consequences. Even the registration of future high school students for medical exams is complicated, causing unnecessary crowds and stress.
Arrogant Political Acts or Human Tragedy?
Doctors and healthcare workers clearly state: blockades are an inhumane act directly endangering citizens’ lives. Those behind these blockades must take responsibility for the consequences – because now they bear the guilt for all those whom emergency services can’t reach, who miss therapies, or can’t be operated on time.
For years, cardiovascular diseases have been the leading cause of death in Serbia. Has the time come for the number of victims to rise due to traffic blockades? While authorities remain silent, ordinary people pay the price – literally with their lives.
Conclusion: When Politics Kills Common Sense and Lives
These blockades are not just a traffic problem – they are a matter of life and death. While the city chokes in traffic chaos, patients choke in uncertainty and fear. Emergency services can’t get through, doctors can’t do their jobs, and patients die waiting.
If you ever thought blockades were no big deal, think again. These blockades are a bloody bill paid by the most vulnerable among us.
So, what about you? How would you react if your or your loved ones’ lives depended on whether a blockade ends on time? Drop a comment, share your thoughts, or just say – is this politics or a crime against the people?
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