The President of the Ecologists-Citizens' Cooperation Movement, George Perdikis, accompanied by members of the Movement, visited the Famagusta General Hospital today.
Regarding his visit to the Famagusta Hospital, the head of the Movement's delegation, George Perdikis said that "in view of the autonomy of the public hospitals, we have started a series of visits to all public hospitals, we hear the problems of the staff, doctors, patients, the shortcomings that exist. "Our basic political position is that before autonomy, public hospitals must be fully equipped, to address all the gaps in staff and infrastructure in order to be able to compete fairly with the private sector in a more autonomous environment."
He added that "at the General Hospital of Famagusta there are prospects for the right investment to create departments that are financially viable and to support the overall viability of the Hospital. "From what we have been informed, there are plans, but there must be a political decision to make the right financial investment to create an Oncology Department and a Rehabilitation Department, which are two Departments that can contribute significantly to the financial viability of an autonomous hospital."
Referring to other problems faced by the public hospital, Mr. Perdikis said that they concern "some specialties in the staff such as Nephrologists, Gynecologists, problems are observed in the waiting lists where there is a sustainable approach while there is also a problem in the nursing staff in the First Aid Department. The Director and the staff of the Hospital are making great efforts and there is a great deal of competition among the staff to deal with the problems ".
He added that the Famagusta General Hospital is a "special hospital because there are also tourist patients, with the result that during the summer there is an increase" in patient care and noted that "we must all help so that the effort made by the staff and the Director of the Hospital to be supported by the state and to address the real needs of the patients of the Famagusta area ".
"The responsibility of the government and the Ministry of Education and Science for what is revealed about the Cooperation is enormous"
The President of the Ecologists 'Movement - Citizens' Cooperation, George Perdikis, expressed today the assessment that the responsibility of the government and the Minister of Finance personally is huge in what has been revealed in recent days and concerns the Co-operation.
In statements after his visit to the General Hospital of Famagusta and when asked about the issue of the Co-operation, Mr. Perdikis said that "everything that has been revealed in recent days confirms that some people were appointed to the Co-operation to save him from the problems he was facing. they were interested in doing their rubble, they were interested in their private personal interest and they were promoting their own people ".
He added that "the government and personally the Minister of Finance have a huge responsibility for what has been revealed in recent days and played their part in destroying the only state-owned bank and a legacy they have built 110 years of history for the Cypriot people."
The Government should be more assertive in the issue of the Reds
Asked to comment on the 54th anniversary of the bombing of Tillyria today, Mr. Perdikis said that he comes from the area and has strong feelings and noted that "what is happening is criminal and provocative. In essence, the Turkish leadership is celebrating the first Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1964, the napalm bombings, the killing of children and women, and it is an indication that the Turkish Cypriot leadership and, of course, the Turkish occupation army are still on the road. of chauvinism and militarism ".
He expressed the assessment that "what needs to be done is to strengthen the Tillyria area, to open the Kokkina roadblock, to abandon this military base, to demilitarize the area, for the Turkish troops to leave the area, for the Turkish Cypriots to return. back to their homes in Kokkina and Masoura and so that the inhabitants can live peacefully within the framework of the Republic of Cyprus ".
He also stated that "the Cypriot government must be more assertive on the issue of the Reds. "It is a scandal that it happens that a military base is maintained, that an entire region suffers, Polis Chrysochous and Tillyria because they want to have a monument of chauvinism and militarism."
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