Confidence that the construction will proceed normally of three hospitals donated by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation and that there will be no delay, the Minister of Health said yesterday Thanos Pleuris. Yes, According to “K”, assured that, if necessary, the government will assist in the completion of projects with the help of a financial instrument provided by the Recovery Fund. But what everyone shows will not be needed.

As the minister noted in an interview with ERT3, the day before yesterday, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation sent a letter to the speaker of parliament and the political leaders of the parties explaining that the issue would be resolved. The tender for the construction of hospitals, which turned out to be unsuccessful, since the rates from the construction companies were much higher than the financial object of the donation, it seems that they are going to repeat, with the expectation that this time everything will work out.

“The government is present, even with a financial instrument if necessary,” Mr. Pleuris said of the projects in Sparta, Komotini, Thessaloniki.

“There is a problem related to the competition of the institution. The state does not interfere there. The tender was unsuccessful, as the proposals were not considered profitable. The Fund will carry out all the actions necessary to complete the procedures,” Mr. Plyuris noted and continued: “The government is present, if necessary, even with a financial instrument. It is clear, and it is a full commitment, that the issue of the three hospitals in Sparta, Komotini and the children’s hospital in Thessaloniki, which is of central importance, will be resolved in 2025. Therefore, both with the Fund’s letter and with our own will, we are fully on schedule. There will be no delays, these projects will be implemented.”

Former minister and head of the SYRIZA health department Andreas Xanthos and deputy head of the health department Dora Avgeri, in a statement, speak of the government’s use of a donation from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation. Commenting on the fact that the tender for the construction of three hospitals was unsuccessful, they say that “it is provocative that the government and the Minister of Health consider this development as a disagreement between a private individual and some construction companies. Instead of government initiatives and actions to break the deadlock, we have Mr. Plevris’ encouraging announcements that Thessaloniki Children’s Hospital will be ready in 2025. How exactly, with what process and with what funding, no one tells us.”