Ladies and Gentlemen,
It is with pride and satisfaction that I am here today to present an important project in the field of health service delivery, which reinforces our goal and vision for the upgrading of health services in our country. A project that touches on specialization and is called upon to fill years of gaps in the treatment of trauma in Cyprus. The project of the operation of a Pancyprian Trauma Centre at the Nicosia General Hospital of OCYPY.
The Ministry of Health, as the Competent Authority for the formulation and implementation of health policy in Cyprus, has listened to the dictates of the times. It did not hesitate to acknowledge the weaknesses in the existing trauma sector in Cyprus.
The non-existence of appropriate infrastructure for the implementation of the indicated international scientific trauma protocols makes the treatment of the multi-injured patient as inadequate and fragmented and despite the diligent, continuous and tireless efforts of the medical and nursing staff, the result was not the desired one.
The scientifically documented study for upgrading the trauma system prepared by the renowned Professor and Director of Trauma Surgery at USC, Professor Dimitris Demetriades and Dr. Chrysanthos Georgiou, Director of the Surgery Clinic of Nicosia Hospital and submitted to the Ministry of Health, proved the truth of the matter.
It advocated the need for the reorganization and upgrading of the Trauma system and the treatment of the multi-injured, through the creation of a "Level 1 Trauma Centre". This is therefore a highly important specialisation project with visible benefits in terms of quality improvement, research, education and care.
At the same time it will facilitate the multi-injured patient, who after discharge from the hospital will continue to visit the hospital unhindered since he or she needs long-term follow-up. The Ministry of Health submitted a Proposal to the Council of Ministers, based on which the establishment of a Pancyprian Trauma Centre at Nicosia General Hospital and the establishment of a National Trauma Committee to further promote the implementation of the project were approved.
The Committee is under the Ministry of Health, with the Director General of the Ministry of Health as its Chairperson and members from the OKYPY (Trauma Surgeon, Head of the Ambulance Department of OKYPY), the Pancyprian Society of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, the Cyprus Surgical Society of the Cyprus Medical Association, an external expert, a representative of the Trauma Centre, a representative of the Cyprus Police and a representative of the Ministry of Defence.
The institutionalization of the operation of the Trauma Centre has now become a reality as another measure to improve the quality and upgrade the services provided in the health sector in Cyprus.
Thank you!
(AF)
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