“The coronavirus pandemic is clearly not in remission. We have 1000 treatments above compared to the previous 10 days. The Minister of Health never said that the pandemic».
This was typically emphasized by Deputy Minister of Health, Silver Gaga, while justifying the relaxation measures and pointing out that for many reasons, such as economic and social. it is not possible to have constantly lock down.
Reason for these statements of Mrs. Gaga was the discussion in its Social Affairs Committee Parliamentof the bill with ratification of the donation of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation for the operation of a state-of-the-art public hospital in Sparta and with an extension of measures to deal with the pandemic.
Earlier, the former Minister of Health and SYRIZA MP, Andreas Xanthosargued that “it is inadmissible for government officials to send the wrong message about the end of the pandemic.”
“It is crucial to understand that the pandemic is present, active and constantly showing us its teeth. The literature on the end of the pandemic must be cut with a knife. It is unacceptable for government officials to send this message. It is unforgivable triviality. The Minister of Health can not announce a relaxation of the measures until the summer, which will be reviewed in the fall. The World Health Organization and Professor Sotiris Tsiodras told you that the epidemiological data will determine the measures. This requires epidemiological vigilance and preparedness. The war in Ukraine will play a role in amplifying the pandemic of the 3.5 million refugees and easing vaccination coverage for Ukrainians. “We must stop sending the wrong messages that things are okay and Greece is ready to open its borders,” Mr Xanthos said.
The elaboration of the bill in the Commission was completed in first reading, and will continue tomorrow in second reading, while next Wednesday, it is expected to be voted by the Plenary.
Criticism of the opposition focused mainly on the transformation of the Sparta hospital from NPDD to NPID, arguing that the government’s final plan is the privatization of the NSS, while calling for the strengthening of the public health system with permanent recruitment and expressed objections to the suspension. unvaccinated health workers.
Responding, Ms. Gaga categorically rejected the Opposition’s objections to the privatization of the NSS, assuring that she fully believes in the public health system, while defending the conversion of hospitals into NPID, emphasizing that it is contrary to the logic of public statehood.
“We have to remember that nothing is free. We pay it with our taxes. The Greek taxpayer cannot spend money on something he does not have. I am against the perception of public statehood, it is not at all a good idea to change the hospital commander with political criteria and not with meritocracy. “The managers of public hospitals must be evaluated at regular intervals,” Ms. Gaga pointed out.
She also spoke about “the need for the health map to be made based on the needs of the population” while, responding to the objections about permanent recruitment, Ms. Gaga pointed out that evaluations should be made, so that after 2 and three years you can see how they work in health system and have the opportunity to rethink it.
“I absolutely believe in continuous evaluation in the public health system, to make sure that the hospitals are working well and the patients are happy. “So there must be an evaluation constantly”, stressed the Deputy Minister of Health who closed her intervention, emphasizing that “our goal is to have a doctor in every corner of the country and even small hospitals to be able to serve anything and everywhere in Greece ».
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