PASOK-Movement for Change proposal to revive the National Health Service presented Nikos Androulakis in the afternoon at the gathering of medical workers in the Amphitheater of the hospital “G. Gennimatas”, on the anniversary of his death.

“The first and main element of the policy agreement to form a government after the elections will be the repeal of provisions of the law that undermine the national social security system. There’s no way we can make any government agreement that doesn’t have priority for the new National Health Service. Social security for all Greeks,” said Mr. Androulakis. He went on to address the discrediting of the NHS in recent years and stated that as of 2019, SYRIZA’s incompetence and indifference have been replaced by a conscious ideological degradation of the NHS by New Democracy politics.

“Mr Mitsotakis said the NHS is his top priority for the next four years. How reliable is this ad? The truth is relentless for the government: the lists of shame in surgery, the suffering of patients due to the tragic understaffing of the system,” Mr. Androulakis emphasized.

The President of PASOK-Movement for Change emphasized that “according to a study by the Center for Research and Education in Health Policy, 15,000 permanent recruitments across all specialties are needed to achieve a decent level of staffing to cover ongoing retirement periods. The recruitment of support staff made for the pandemic does not solve the problem, especially when their contracts expire in the next period. The truth differs from the government’s narrative: there is a catastrophic shortage of health centers and district clinics, mainly in island and tourist areas, 13 district clinics with one doctor and 10 without a nurse. Interestingly, but the authorities were not embarrassed when the data from studies of regional clinics in the Cyclades were published? When Dr. Thanasis Kontaris, who returned from Sweden to serve our system, was forced to retire?

“It is the New Democracy’s choice to weaken ESY and turn it into a discredited welfare system. Because when he could radically improve the situation using the funds of the Recovery Fund, he did not. It has less than 5% of the total resources, when neighboring Italy and other countries of the South have twice as much funding. It is her choice when, with Article 10 of the 2022 Law, she directly undermines the NHS by turning the public good into an object of speculation for private interests,” said the President of PASOK – Movement for Change and developed 8 NHS regeneration proposals that include:

• Increase funding for the NHS from the budget so that we exceed the European average. Allocation of 8-10% of the Recovery Fund to health and social infrastructure.
• A strong and unified primary health care system under community control, with well-stocked health centers in each municipality and family medicine services for all who come home if needed.
• Modern and functional public hospitals, with merit-selected management, announcements, length of stay, criteria, ongoing evaluation. With around the clock work, especially in the surgical and interventional sector. With a new health card so that we don’t have 17 hospitals in the center of Athens and none in densely populated East Attica.
• Creation of modern and innovative care units outside hospitals. Chronic Disease Centers, Day Hospitals, State Rehabilitation Centers.
• Covering all real gaps in the NHS with ongoing recruitment and transparent procedures. Raising wages with a revision of staffing tables so that the work of medical workers is paid properly and highly qualified and qualified personnel are attracted. The inclusion of everything sanitary in heavy-unsanitary. And especially for young doctors – a radical reform of the system for obtaining a specialty and increasing their wages.
• Every major island has a well-equipped hospital. Primary health care unit with full staff for small islands and connection to the nearest hospital. Financial incentives (such as additional fees, housing costs) to attract scientific potential and enroll in permanent positions in hospitals of one’s choice after a certain period of time.
• Support and expansion of public mental health structures by integrating them into the primary health care system.
• Removing participation in the prescription drug market for vulnerable groups, low-income pensioners and the unemployed, who are especially affected by accuracy today.

Finally, Mr. Androulakis mentioned the problem of recovery and explosibility faced by a large number of laboratory doctors and suggested that the quality criteria be funded from the recovery fund and European resources.

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