The process is being initiated by the Ministries of Health of Cyprus and Greece in order to, in cooperation with the University Clinic of Larissa, to establish a liver clinic in Cyprus, Greek Health Minister Thanos Plevris said.
In remarks on the sidelines of a charity football match in which he, like his Cypriot counterpart Michalis Hadjipandela, played, Mr Plevris said that "from tomorrow we will start looking at the framework of cooperation with the University Clinic in Larissa in cooperation with the University and the Ministry of Health". For his part, Hajipandela said he was very happy "that we are starting this collaboration and implementing another commitment" to improve the treatments of our patients
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The charity football match was held at the "Antonis Papadopoulos" stadium in Larnaca to support the work of the Association of Liver Patients and Friends of Cyprus Prometheus, between the veteran players of Anorthosis and Athienou. Both Ministers played for the Anorthosis jersey.
Plevris said that "it is with great pleasure that I conclude my visit to Cyprus with my friend Michalis the Minister of Health of Cyprus in a charity game for a very important cause, and for the effort you are making". The important thing, he noted, is that along with this game and following a proposal by the Cyprus Minister of Health, "we are already launching the start, in addition to the memorandum we signed on health issues, to have a more targeted cooperation in the part of the liver clinic that we also have in Greece and there is even the cooperation we want to do with the University Clinic of Larissa".
As he said, "as early as tomorrow we will begin to enter this process so that there can be a cooperation so that we can give the expertise here in Cyprus," he said, wishing also with the effort of his Cypriot counterpart, "that there can be a clinic here in Cyprus and that we can help to set up this clinic with the expertise that exists, but from tomorrow we will start to see the framework of cooperation with the University Clinic in Larissa in cooperation with the University and the Ministry of Health".
Michael Hadjipandela, for his part, after thanking Mr. Plevris, said that this cooperation gives the opportunity "to improve the services we provide as a state to our patients." This, he said, was an issue that had been raised with him by the President of the Prometheus Association, which deals with patients with liver diseases, and he said he was very happy " that we are starting this collaboration and implementing another commitment that we had made to this Association to improve the treatments of our patients". At the same time, he said "I also feel very excited to be given the opportunity to play football for my team Anorthosis Famagusta".
Giannoula Koulla, President of the Association of Liver Patients and Friends of Cyprus "Prometheus", in her own statements expressed her pleasure "to have with us today two distinguished guests who show in a practical way their contribution and volunteerism". It is, she added, "with pleasure, to hear the efforts of the Greek Minister of Health and the Cyprus Minister of Health, that they want to create a hepatology clinic, to help us with their expertise, the Greek Ministry so that there is a hepatology clinic in Cyprus and care from a clinic for patients".
He also thanked on behalf of two other associations. Hadjipandela presented the Minister of Health of Greece Thanos Plevris with a commemorative album of Anorthosis Famagusta, while the President of the Anorthosis Association Christos Hadjistefanou presented him with the anniversary shirt of Anorthosis for the 110th anniversary of the founding of the Famagusta team and the 200th anniversary of the Greek Revolution of 1821.
Konstantinos Despotis on behalf of the veteran Athienou footballers presented the two Ministers with a small commemorative Athienou banner.
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