Health Minister Poppy Kanari met today with the leadership of the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO).
"We had a very valuable exchange of views on key issues such as the sustainability of the GESY, the evaluation of providers, the complaints expressed by patients and many other issues that need to be addressed," the minister said in a statement after the meeting.
I have expressed, Kanari noted, our will to help the health system to be upgraded and become more qualitative.
The implementation of the GESY, she said, was a necessity, was embraced by the people of our country and we must preserve it and improve it, as there are distortions and problems.
"Our intention is to immediately prioritise issues related to the improvement of the GESY in order to proceed within the 100-day timeframe set by the President of the Republic, to implement the necessary regulations, both legislative and procedural," she added.
He also stressed that the Ministry of Health's goal is to work collectively with all partners involved in order to wheel out solutions that will be viable for the economy and will also improve the services provided to citizens.
Asked whether the issue of complaints expressed by patients about the non-inclusion of a number of drugs in the GESY was discussed, Ms Kanari noted that the OAI's will is to soon include many more drugs in the system, which will benefit patients, especially vulnerable groups.
For his part, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of OAI, Mr. Stavros Michael, noted that Ms. Kanari's visit to the Agency demonstrates her concern for the successful implementation of the GESY. "We are all in the same boat and we will work consensually and collectively in order to achieve our goal of offering the Cypriot citizen quality medical services."
(DK)
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