Details of all its proposals, concerning the General Health System and public hospitals, will be sent by AKEL to the Minister of Health, Michael Hadjipandela, in the coming days, with a view to their implementation.
This was agreed at the meeting between the Secretary General of AKEL, Stefanos Stefanou, and the Minister of Health on Wednesday, during which they agreed to continue their contacts with the ultimate aim of good cooperation for the benefit of the General Health System.
In statements after the meeting, which took place in the context of AKEL's current contacts with the stakeholders in the General Health System, Mr. Stefanou said that these contacts are being held in order to discuss the assessments and evaluations that AKEL has made in relation to the General Health Care System and to give its views and proposals in relation to how the system can address any problems that have arisen, cover any shortcomings that exist and address abuses of the system.
According to Stefanos Stefanou, "AKEL considers YESY a great achievement", to note that his party will continue to back the improvement of the system, as it is for the benefit of society and for the benefit of citizens.
According to him, the Ministry of Health plays a key role in relation to the further development of YESY, adding that the situation in public hospitals was also discussed at the meeting.
He said that in AKEL's understanding, but also according to the philosophy, character and architecture of the YESY, "public hospitals should be the cornerstone and backbone of the YESY".
"So," he said, "the situation in public hospitals has to do with the situation in the YESY".
He also noted that "the pandemic has demonstrated the crucial role that public hospitals have in the health system", adding that "it is very important to help them to address any problems in public hospitals, but also to develop them more in terms of human resources, structures, infrastructure, new clinics and new services, so that the GHS itself can upgrade its role even more".
"We agreed with the Minister to be in touch. So far we have a very good cooperation always for the benefit of GESY, a health system that must offer universal and quality coverage to the people," he said.
For his part, the Minister of Health expressed his thanks to all AKEL MPs for the excellent cooperation they have had since the first day he took office.
He said that he has taken very careful note of all the recommendations of the General Secretary of AKEL concerning the YESY and public hospitals, noting that in the coming days all the proposals of AKEL will be sent to him in detail.
Hadjipandela said that in consultation with AKEL they will try to implement these recommendations, which, he added, they believe will help both the GESY and public hospitals.
Source: CNA
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