The draft law “Public health actions – Arrangements to strengthen the National Health System” was voted. Only New Democracy was in favor of the principle of the bill. The opposition voted against.
The opposition also voted against article 7 on the terms and conditions of the private practice of doctors in the NHS branch, with the exception of the Greek solution which declared “present”.
In the arrangements for the implementation of the national action plan for public health, the parties, as reported by APE-MPE, were positioned as follows:
- in article 3 “Implementation of the public health action “Preventive diagnostic mammography examinations against cancer”” the ND and PASOK, the “Spartians” and the Freedom Sailing voted “yes”. SYRIZA, the KKE and the Hellenic Solution declared themselves “present”. “No” declared New Left and “Niki”.
- in article 4 “Special arrangements for the implementation of the “Promotion of Family and Child Health” Program”, the ND, PASOK, “Spartiates” and Freedom Sailing voted “yes”. “Present” declared SYRIZA and the KKE. Hellenic Solution, New Left and Niki declared “No”.
- in article 5 “Mobile Health Units within the framework of the National Prevention Program “SPYROS DOXIADIS””, ND, PASOK, “Spartiates” and Pleussi Eleftherias voted “yes”. SYRIZA, the KKE, the Hellenic Solution and the New Left declared themselves “present”. “No” declared “Niki”
- in article 6, “Implementation of the action “Operational Modernization of the Public Health System”, ND, PASOK, “Spartiates” and Pleussi Eleftherias voted “yes”. “Present” are SYRIZA, the Hellenic Solution and the New Left. “No” declared the KKE and Niki.
Georgiadis: We apply common sense rules in the 21st century
“I invite you to support this bill with pride, because it is a big step that we will complete with the amendment that we will bring next week, a step that will give a new environment, that will make the service in the NHS more attractive, that solves many from the chronic problems”, said the Minister of Health, Adonis Georgiadis, before the voting began on the bill for public health and the NHS.
Mr. Georgiadis said that the government is coming to implement “common sense rules in the 21st century” and noted that these reforms will lead people who want to have a higher income to be able to secure it in a legal way. He also added that the data he has shows that the system is moving forward since appointments for afternoon surgeries will exceed a thousand. “This means that every day more and more doctors and nurses declare to the hospitals their willingness to participate in the afternoon surgeries and more and more of our fellow citizens declare their willingness to operate in the afternoon surgeries,” said the Minister of Health.
Shortly before the curtain closed on the debate, the Minister of Health commented on his characterization as a “new Thatcherite” by Pavlos Polakis: “Regarding the late Margaret Thatcher, I want to make it clear that she was one of the greatest European politicians of the 20th century. She is the woman who got the UK out of the IMF and enjoyed 30 years of great prosperity. I consider it a great honor to be compared to her, and I thank Mr. Polakis for that.”
Deputy Minister of Health Irini Agapidaki expressed her disappointment at the attitude of the opposition parties, who, in the debate, “did not say that at least the articles concerning cancer prevention programs, health promotion for children, a series of positive actions that particularly concern people who suffer from health inequalities, they will say a yes.’
The president of Freedom of Navigation, Zoe Konstantopoulou referred to the arrangement for the provision of work by private doctors in public hospitals, which was withdrawn to be resubmitted. “You were forced to withdraw a bogus legislative improvement that was really an amendment. It was impressive that instead of saying that you were wrong, you blamed those who pointed out to you that you are violating the Constitution and the Rules of Procedure of the Parliament”, said Mrs Konstantopoulou, addressing the Minister of Health and added: “public health is not your game to play you make such improvisations, knee-jerk adjustments, without any concern for the citizens, for the patients, for the doctors, for the nursing staff”.
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