Distinguished Guests,
Dear Media Representatives,
It is with great pleasure that I welcome you to today's press conference, to be informed about the operation of the iSAVElives application in Cyprus within the next few days. The Memorandum of Understanding signed last November between the Ministry of Health and the Greek Humanitarian Civil Society Organization KIDS SAVE LIVES - Children Save Lives, reinforces the actions of the Ministry of Health for the immediate shielding, safety, protection and rescue of every human life at risk from heart attack, drowning or any other cause.
The organization's offer to our country is significant, as through the agreement the application is provided completely free of charge to the citizens of the Republic of Cyprus, while at the same time, in cooperation with the Resuscitation Service of the Ministry of Health, free seminars are provided for the training of citizens who will be called upon to respond to a life-threatening incident.
I would like to express my sincere thanks to the President of KIDS SAVE LIVES Mr. Anastasios Stefanakis and his team for the operation of the application in Cyprus. I would also like to thank the Scientific Coordinator of the Ministry of Health, Assistant Director of the Cardiology Clinic of the Nicosia General Hospital Dr. Marios Ioannidis, Dr. Christos Efthyiou, also Assistant Director of the Cardiology Clinic of the Nicosia Hospital, the officials of the Ministry of Health, the Resuscitation Service and the Ambulance Department of the Health Ministry, who from the first moment of signing the agreement, have been engaged in a race to achieve our goals to increase the survival rate of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest victims in our country.
This implementation strengthens the Ministry of Health's partnerships in the health sector, targeting:
- the prevention, awareness and public information about the institution of First Aid,
- the development of a Network of Automatic External Defibrillators which will be kept registered by spatial arrangement in the National Map of KIDS SAVE LIVES,
- the timely response to life-threatening events and the increase of the survival rate through the Administrative Coordination of the Ministry of Health, the Scientific Support of the Cardiology Clinic of the Nicosia General Hospital and the Technical Support of the Resuscitation Services.
Already in our country more than 100 defibrillators have been registered and approved in the relevant online map and the training of citizens through online seminars has started. Therefore, I call on businesses, organizations and citizens who own a defibrillator to register it in the KIDS SAVE LIVES National Online Map and to update the data kept in the archives of the Ministry of Health.
Regarding the operation of the application in Cyprus, the Ministry of Health will provide information on the operation of the application in Cyprus, while citizens will be invited to download the application on their mobile phones.
Thank you!
(AF)
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