AKEL[/B] is evaluating the experience of the first 3 years of YESY and will hold a press conference tomorrow, said the party's General Secretary, Stefanos Stefanou after a visit to OAI and a meeting with the organisation's President, Thomas Antoniou.
In June, Stefanou said, it will be three years since the introduction of GESY, "a very important reform for the country, society and the country, for which AKEL put its back into it. And that is why we are interested in evaluating the experience of the first 3 years, to see how the system works, what problems there are, what shortcomings and even what abuses are taking place in the system, so that all necessary decisions can be taken and all necessary actions can be taken to address the problems and help the system not just to continue to exist, but to improve it for the benefit of society and citizens."[/P "THERE ARE ADMITTEDLY PROBLEMS AND SHORTCOMINGS, THERE ARE AT VARIOUS LEVELS AND SOME ABUSES. THESE NEED TO BE ADDRESSED BOTH BY BETTER SUPERVISION AND BY CORRECTING THE VARIOUS MECHANISMS."
At the same time, the AKEL General Secretary continued, we should not exaggerate the problems and create an image that nothing is being done right in the GESY. People, he added, already realise that what has come into their lives is important and they want it to continue. "We just need to make corrective moves within the architecture and philosophy of the system."
During the meeting, he said, they got satisfactory answers on some issues and on others they will continue to be in touch. He noted that the key player in the system is the Ministry of Health especially in terms of the course things will take and the solutions that will be given.
The Chairman of the Board of OAI said that the GHS belongs to the Cypriot people, it is the greatest social achievement and OAI is the trustee of the system and is open objectively to both political, social and all controls.
There are problems at all levels of the system's operation and that is why OAI has to cooperate with all stakeholders, the Ministry of Health, PIS, etc. "So the GHS has been stabilized, it is on solid foundations and we are working to limit as much as possible all the abuses that I am sure we all know that even mature systems have their problems."
"So the GHS has been stabilized, it is on solid foundations and we are working to limit as much as possible all the abuses that even mature systems have their problems. The OAS President noted that the health system in Germany is 140 years old, while other countries have health systems that are 100 years old. We are a system only 3 years old, he said, and they are working hard to reduce abuses and increase quality.
Citizens are already enjoying the human right to health after decades of efforts, Antoniou noted.
Asked if the timetable for changing the pay of personal physicians in June will be met, the OAI President replied in the affirmative, saying that personal physicians' representatives have been consulted, decisions have been taken by the Board, some letters have already been sent to personal physicians for the change of pay from June 1. In the next two months, three months, he added, they will determine together with the representatives of personal physicians how to return the next 20% on their fees.
Source: CNA
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