“From my tours and visits this year, I emphasize that for us the National Health System is the first government priority. Yes: above even the defense funds” emphasizes Stefanos Kasselakis in his post.
“We are in a critical situation. The very existence of public health in our country is at stake. Hospitals are understaffed, and organizational charts correspond to the population equivalent of previous decades. Recruitment, technological equipment, training – the first moves” he adds.
From my tours and visits this year, I emphasize that for us the National Health System is the first government priority.
Yes: above even defense funds.
We are in a critical situation. The very existence of public health in the country is at stake…
— Stefanos Kasselakis (@skasselakis) August 9, 2024
It is recalled that in the morning the president of SYRIZA visited the “Elena” maternity hospital.
“An understaffed hospital, without air conditioning units and water coolers, with a huge waiting list, 800 to 1000 people a year deep. The hospital staff is making superhuman efforts to keep the NHS standing. Because the existence of public health right now is due to the thousands of health workers across the country. Those whom the Minister of Health calls “kaffirs and little people”. Those who complained to me today that they are being intimidated to not speak publicly about the hospital’s problems,” he said, among other things.
At the “Elena Venizelou” maternity hospital, the workers described to me the harsh reality they experience.
An understaffed hospital, without air conditioning units and water coolers, with a huge waiting list, 800 to 1000 people a year deep.
The hospital staff… pic.twitter.com/KSHGTOePXN
— Stefanos Kasselakis (@skasselakis) August 9, 2024
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“For us, Health is a right. It is not only a public good. Let me remind you that SYRIZA with Pavlos Polakis gave care and access to Health to 2.5 million of our fellow citizens who were uninsured. So this was a huge social project for which we are very proud” said Stefanos Kasselakis at noon in his interview with the First Program.
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