The Parliamentary Committee on Health met in session today, Thursday, 31 March 2022, and discussed the following matters:
1.The Private Hospitals (Establishment and Operation Control) (Amendment) Act, 2021.
(Fak. No. 23.01.062.183-2021)
The Committee, in the presence of representatives of relevant departments and stakeholders, reviewed the above Bill, following a decision of the full House dated 24 February 2022. The purpose of the bill is to amend the Private Hospitals (Establishment and Operation Control) Act to provide for the licensing of hospitals that do not have a safety cabinet and intend to provide treatments whose preparation is done in a safety cabinet, provided that such hospitals are contracted with specialized centers for the dissolution of cytostatic and other specialized pharmaceutical products. The Committee reserved the right to discuss again a revised text of the bill.
2. Haralambos Pazarou, Efthymios Diplarou, Savias Orphanidou, Marina Nikolaou, Nikos Kettirou, Christos Christofias, Panikos Leonidou, Chrysanthos Savvidis, Christos Christou, Michalis Yakoomi and Kyriakos Hatzigiannis)
(No. Doc. 23.04.039.033-2022)
The Committee, in the presence of representatives of the competent services and stakeholders, was informed, inter alia, about the problems faced by infertile couples and in particular about the high cost of IVF treatments. It also discussed the possibility of including at least one out-of-hospital treatment in the PPA. The Committee reserved the right to return to this issue shortly.
3.
(Ex officio examination following the recommendation of the Parliamentary Committee on Health and Mr. Andreas Apostolou.)
(File No. 23.04.039.064-2022)
The Committee, in the presence of representatives of the relevant government departments and stakeholders, was informed of the number of specialized supportive treatments - offered to disabled children and disabled adults - that are covered by the General Health System. It also examined the scope for improving the quality and quantity of these services. The discussion on this subject will continue at a subsequent session.
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