“You cannot describe the NHS as a hell, especially when some of you have governed, without telling us about your own heavenly NHS that you had” commented the Minister of Health Michalis Chrysochoidis, concluding the debate on the aid bill in plenary of public health, to which two amendments are added.

Mr. Chrysochoidis observed that “all serious operations and difficult cases are dealt with only by public hospitals”, noting that “curses cannot be heard for a health system that provides services to thousands of Greeks every day”. This criticism you make of the NHS, said the minister, “is not just unfair, but an accusation against the people who work hard in the NHS and give their best in difficult conditions and without having the corresponding financial remuneration that they should to have”.

Referring to the vaccination for covid, Mr. Chrysochoidis commented that even today “we heard some MPs denying that there was a pandemic, we heard them blaming all the governments of the world, all the scientists of the world, telling us that there was no pandemic, it did not happen nothing and that we poorly vaccinated billions of people on the planet and that millions of people should die to please some who perceive the world through conspiracy theories”. The minister said that “a battle was fought and the country was kept up both socially and economically”.

In relation to the strengthening of the National Health Service, Mr. Chrysochoidis underlined that “for the first time, now, 1.2 billion euros are being given to renovate all the country’s hospitals and health centers as part of the Recovery Fund”, as well as “for the first time, tens of millions of euros are currently available to digitize all Health services, so that citizens can enjoy fast and efficient services with treatments”.

The minister acknowledged that “the NSS has many problems that he himself sees every day” and I work for them. He announced that in a few days the bill will be posted for consultation, which will concern 17 units of increased care for strokes that amount to 60,000 cases annually. Also, the modernization of EKAB is underway. He asked those who criticized the allocation of staff from the ED and the Fire Service for ambulance drivers “to do an investigation at the local level what these people offered and how much the problems were alleviated”.

For the supply of antiviral drugs, the minister said that no contract is left out of control by the Court of Auditors, adding that “doctors give 2,500 antiviral drugs a week to people who need them.” He underlined that “the government policy is not intended to burden any citizen, not even a penny of the euro for his treatment” and pledged that “we will do everything possible so that everyone has access to health services, everyone is equal and everyone is against as possible depending on their condition to be treated”.

Regarding the electronic monitoring of the drug, Mr. Chrysochoidis said that “we have not paid a single euro and that yes, I have been looking for a long time for a way to have a clear picture of which drugs are in short supply. I took three decisions to ban exports, because we have to protect the health of Greek citizens.” He stated that he seeks to create “an online system, where all health workers and citizens, through an application on their mobile phone, will know which drugs are available, which are in short supply, which are the substitutes they can use and what are their options ». He also wondered who might be against sending expensive drugs to patients’ homes.

Responding to the criticism regarding the handling of the incident of the child in Kastellorizo, the Minister of Health said that there was an immediate response from EKAB to immediately airlift the child. At 16.02 the call was made, coordination was immediately made to raise an air vehicle to carry out the airlift, but the doctor canceled it after exactly 22 minutes.

“Where is the neglect or neglect of a child in such a sensitive place” he wondered and assured “that there is no such case”. He estimated that very soon we will have the air transport bases that have been announced to be created.