We stand by those who provide for health, while demanding that the state be able to offer universal and qualitative support, treatment and coverage to the citizens of our country through the GESY, said the Secretary General of AKEL, Stefanos Stefanou.
The AKEL Secretary General and a delegation of his party visited the German Oncology Centre in Ayios Athanasios, Limassol, in the morning, where they were informed about the services offered in the context of participation in the GESY, as well as the plans for its development and renaming into a German Medical Institute.
In his statements, Stefanos Stefanou said that "as AKEL, we are very interested in and among our top priorities, issues related to public health and that is why we come here to be informed, to express our appreciation of the work that is being produced."
At the GOC, he continued, "high quality work is produced, with innovation and research being at the forefront, which is very important for our country and for health itself."
In addition, he said, AKEL shows particular interest in issues concerning cancer and the strategy for its treatment, stressing the need for an integrated strategy for dealing with cancer in Cyprus, covering both prevention and early diagnosis, quality treatment and the reintegration of cancer patients.
"In the model that the GOK offers these and we want this to be a feature of the modern integrated cancer strategy that must exist in our country," he said, adding that AKEL stands by those who offer for health, "demanding at the same time that the state can offer, through the GHC, universal and qualitative support, treatment and coverage to the citizens of our country."
For his part, the scientific director of the GHC, Professor Nicolas Zamboglou, thanked Stefanou for his party's interest and expressed the hope "for support and resolution of some of the problems we have raised".
In relation to the expansion of the Center, Prof. Zamboglou said that "soon we will offer blood dialysis services, bone marrow transplantation and we are also creating our operating rooms, first aid."
We are in a development that will be seen by the end of the year and the German Oncology Center is becoming a German Medical Institute, he concluded his statement.
Source: CNA
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