“We are implementing in cooperation with the private sector our commitment to provide quality infrastructure for our patients, but also for the employees who offer their services to the National Health System. This effort is an ongoing effort. “We have significant resources from the Recovery Fund, in order to intervene in the basic hospital infrastructure of the country”, stressed the Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis during his speech at his handover ceremony renovation project, by OPAP in the framework of Corporate Social Responsibility, of the pediatric hospitals “Agia Sofia” and “Panagiotis and Aglaia Kyriakou”.
He added that “we will continue our cooperation with the private sector, which helped the National Health System during the difficult years of the Covid pandemic and will continue to help as we continue this effort to modernize the National Health System.” .
“Businesses have an obligation to return a social dividend”
“Large companies realize that they have an obligation to return to society a significant social dividend. It is not just a formal obligation in the context of Corporate Social Responsibility, I think that all modern companies understand their role in this difficult situation which we must all understand, differently than they did in the past. And I’m sure so OPAPas one of the largest Greek companies, will continue this program of Corporate Social Responsibility with even greater enthusiasm, especially now that it has realized how much added value it could add to our two Pediatric Hospitals “stressed Mr. Mitsotakis.
“What we are all trying to do is to provide health services safely, with respect to the patient, so that the patients who enter each hospital feel safe and feel that we are taking care of them. It is very important, in addition to the staff that is here and offers their services, as in every hospital and in every health structure, and is here to provide services with standardized procedures so that both they and the patients are safe. “to have good infrastructure”, said the Deputy Minister of Health Mina Gaga.
“At OPAP and Allwyn – our international company – we are very proud of the work of renovating the two largest pediatric hospitals in Greece. We firmly believe that companies do not make a difference just by their financial performance. Their response to social issues is just as important. The renovation of the two hospitals fully reflects this approach. With significant investment and hard work, the two hospitals now have state-of-the-art health facilities and an upgraded treatment environment. Of course, the most important of all is the support provided to thousands of children from all over Greece. This is the biggest reward for us “, noted the Chairman of the Board of Allwyn and Strategic Shareholder of OPAP, Karel Komárek.
“At the end of this long journey, our Pediatric Hospitals changed their appearance, offering a modern but at the same time more hospitable and attractive environment for young patients, with bright colors and a similar theme. “Above all, however, we can talk about two hospitals with excellent health infrastructure and modernized units based on international standards, more functional for the doctors and the staff, whom I would like to thank especially”, pointed out the Commander of the Paevman Children’s Hospital .
The renovation project:
In the context of Corporate Social Responsibility, OPAP had undertaken the commitment to renovate the two most important, oldest and largest Pediatric University Hospitals in Greece. The renovation project was completed and 30 projects with a total area of 14,960 sq.m. were delivered, which include 23 nursing units of international standards with a capacity of 564 beds, central sterilization, central entrances, stairwells, etc.
Indicatively, some of the most important projects implemented in the two hospitals are:
- The complete reconstruction of the Central Sterilization unit at the “Agia Sofia” hospital, which had not been renovated for more than 50 years. Equipped with international standards, the new unit serves both hospitals, covering needs for which the involvement of other NSS units was needed, until recently.
- The complete modernization of the 2nd Pediatric Nursing Unit of the “Panagiotis and Aglaia Kyriakou” hospital, which contributes to the treatment of COVID-19 cases, thanks to its state-of-the-art infectious disease unit. This innovative unit features state-of-the-art negative pressure beds and automated systems.
- The renovation of the pediatric surgery units of the two hospitals, which are a reference point for pediatrics in Greece.
- The complete renovation of the Day Care Unit of the “Agia Sofia” hospital, which now has a world-class surgical complex and resuscitation ward.
- The creation of a state-of-the-art Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (ICU), which corresponds to the highest international data, at the “Panagiotis and Aglaia Kyriakou” hospital.
The inauguration ceremony of the pediatric hospitals was also attended by the Minister of Health Thanos Plevris, the Executive Chairman of OPAP SA Kamil Ziegler, the CEO of OPAP SA Jan Karas, the Deputy CEO of OPAP SA Odysseas Christoforou, the General Secretary of Health Services Ioannis Kotsiopoulos, the Deputy Commander “I Agia Sofia” Giannis Pavlou, the Deputy Commander “P. & A. Kyriakou »Andreas Toskas and the Commander of the First Health District of Attica Panagiotis Stathis.
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