He withdraws from the election campaign MP candidate for Evia N.D., Spyros Pnevmatikosafter his statements about the management of cancer patients, which caused a lot of reactions.

It is noted that, by law, ballots cannot be changed. Therefore, if Mr. Pnevmatikos is elected (in case ND gets additional seats on Evia), then he will surrender his headquarters.

Mitsotakis’ statement

ND President Kyriakos Mitsotakis, speaking from Edipsos, announced that the candidate for the Evia parliament, Spyros Pnevmatikos, was not in the race and that he would resign and hand over the seat if elected.

“There is one thing I am not going to agree on: universal access for every citizen, no matter what stage they are in, to the best treatment that the National Health Service can offer,” said Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

Chronicles

Mr. Pnevmatikos said yesterday that “for a terminal cancer patient, we have to draw a line at some point, because it is very difficult to cope with the necessary expenses…”. .

“Because my words in the interview created a wrong impression and left room for misinterpretation, after consultation with the party chairman Kyriakos Mitsotakis and the ND authorities, I withdraw from the election race and declare that if I am elected, I will resign as an MP and hand over the seat . I sincerely apologize to every citizen and patient individually,” he wrote on his personal Facebook account.

Chronicles

Mr. Pnevmatikos’s statements provoked a reaction not only from the opposition, but also from the ranks of the party itself.

In particular, Mr. Pneumatikos stated: “We need to see an assessment of the actions. How many of these activities that we do every day are necessary? That is, the costs of enormous proportions can be made if we limit some of the things that do not need to be done. It doesn’t mean that we don’t love a sick person if we go and tell him that “it doesn’t make sense to do this for you.” A cancer patient in the terminal stage is not necessary … He will not survive, he has a poor prognosis, at some point we must draw a line. Why; Because it is very difficult to cope with the expenses necessary for fellowship with others. There is a moment when you have no reason to do anything else. Someone will tell me that the good God decided otherwise. But in fact, it’s true, but in the end what will happen? They saw such things… America is a terrible example: they look for everything, they look for the cost of operations, the cost-benefit ratio of the operation, etc. When we went to America in the early 90s with my wife, the first conversation that we heard was really about how expensive the US system is. Why was it so very expensive? Because everyone came to the hospital, no matter what condition they were in, and everything was done for everyone. And thus they discovered that after a while they would not be able to serve anyone. So they’ll have to make relative choices about how much they can spend… Sounds a little cynical – it’s not cynical, it’s human.”

A little later, and after a phone call from the Secretary of the Political Committee, Pavlos Marinakis, he was forced to refuse, apologizing.

“I sincerely apologize to every citizen and patient individually if any of my words leave room for misinterpretation,” he wrote in a post after the speech.

Speaking on SKAI radio earlier today, former Health Secretary Thanos Pleuris emphasized that Greece and the government of North Dakota followed a model of full access to all treatments for patients, speaking of Mr. Duchovny’s personal medical approach.