The upgrade and autonomy of public hospitals is something that must begin immediately, said today the candidate for President of the Republic Nikolas Papadopoulos, adding that in this project there are particular delays by the current government.
In statements after a visit to the General Hospital of Famagusta in Paralimni, Mr. Papadopoulos, who was accompanied by the President of the Solidarity Movement Eleni Theocharous, stated that today we found out "once again first hand the known problems of understaffing. organization and coordination mainly with the Ministry of Health. Unfortunately in this Hospital there is an additional problem, apart from the well-known flight of doctors in the public sector, in this area there is particular difficulty in staffing the positions of doctors because unfortunately this Hospital is considered as a Regional Hospital and there is no special interest in resulting in huge problems for patients with queues in the relevant departments, with delays.
We believe that no patient should be considered a patient of an inferior God and that is why we must find ways to deal with these problems in order to provide the necessary quality services that the world is entitled to without delay. This is exactly the object that will be a priority of our government, the upgrade, the autonomy of public hospitals is something that must start immediately and unfortunately we find that in this project there are particular delays on the part of the current government.
Answering a relevant question, Nikolas Papadopoulos said that "despite all the diligent efforts of the medical and nursing staff in this Hospital, there are difficulties, not because they do not have the good intention and willingness to help but because the system does not help them. "If we want to have a health system that is both universal and universal and effective, then all patients, regardless of region, must be treated in the same way."
For her part, the President of the Solidarity Movement Eleni Theocharous said jokingly that "today we did not visit the General Hospital of Famagusta, when we visit it will be the happiest day of our lives."
Today, he said, "we visited the General Hospital of Paralimni and the despair we saw in the eyes of the staff was completely shocking and this is due to the fact that they feel completely alone and in a very small number to be able to meet the needs of the area. ».
I think he continued that "a form of Hospital autonomy could start by giving strong financial incentives to both doctors and nurses to work in the so-called problematic Hospitals, in the town of Chrysochous, in Paralimni, in Kyperounta, in Hospitals, where the employees they see it as a stage they will enter and then they will immediately try to move to a city ".
He added that "for us it is very important, to have incentives beyond the financial, moral, scientific and other, to serve in the Hospitals and we can do that and we will do it".
Source: KYPE