Announcement of the death of a 63-year-old woman in Mr issued by SYRIZAnoting the deficiencies and understaffing at the island’s General Hospital.

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By order of the president of SYRIZA-PS, Alexis Tsipras, the members of the Electoral Committee, Evangelos Apostolakis, Stefanos Kasselakis and Athena Linou, were in Kos, after the loss of life of a 63-year-old woman in the back of a truck, while she was being transported to the hospital. in the absence of an ambulance.

The members of the Electoral Committee visited the General Hospital of Kos and met with the management and staff, where they heard about the huge understaffing problems facing the hospital. Specifically, while there are 4 ambulances, there is no staff to operate them. For three organic cardiologist positions in the island’s hospital, there is only one, while for 4 pathologist positions, there is no one, with the result that this position is occasionally filled by doctors who come from other parts of Greece and who stay on the island for a short time. At the same time, for 3 pediatrician positions, there is only one.

This situation in one of the most touristic islands of Greece bears the stamp of the politics of the ND and the tragic indifference it has shown to public health.

For their part, the members of the Electoral Committee of SYRIZA-PS referred to the party’s proposal for the strengthening of the NHS, with sufficient staffing and covering the gaps, with the implementation of the Health Equivalent and the limitation of inequalities between the Center and the Region, with increase in public health expenditure to 7.5% of GDP, with a new set of incentives to attract medical potential with special care for insular and hard-to-reach areas.