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A meeting with the leadership of the Cyprus Paraplegics Organization was held today by the Minister of Health Dr. Popi Kanari.
The meeting focused on the issue of upgrading the operation of the only rehabilitation and care centre for people with spinal cord injury in our country, which is housed at the Nicosia General Hospital.
Dr Kanari assured that the Ministry of Health will do its utmost to ensure that the Centre continues its operation and is upgraded as an independent clinic in order to provide the best possible service to patients with spinal cord injury.
During the meeting, the issue of ensuring accessibility to health services for people with disabilities was also discussed, which is a constant demand of the organisation.
Dr. Kanari noted that the Ministry of Health, recognizing the existing challenges and shortcomings in the laws in force on this issue, has included in the promoted Bill entitled "The Law on Quality Standards and in the Provision of Health Care Services" a specific provision, such as the health infrastructure meets the relevant national laws and the requirements of International Conventions, in relation to the accessibility of persons with disabilities. She stressed that health infrastructures can only be licensed if they meet the standards set and that they will be supervised at regular intervals by officials of the Ministry of Health
The Bill, as the Minister said, was prepared within the framework of the Ministry of Health's European Technical Support Programme "Capacity Planning".
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