In Cyprus, he will receive the medication needed by little Antonis, who suffers from Spinal Muscular Atrophy, and for whom his parents started in the last few days a fundraiser to collect the huge amount of money required for their child to move to the USA.
This joyful development for the 22-month-old child and his parents, comes after the immediate mobilization of the competent Services of the Ministry of Health, but also of the Minister himself, after being informed about the incident.
Specifically, the competent minister and the Directorate of the Ministry of Health came in direct contact with the parents of little Antonis, recommending them to contact and submit a request to the Committee of Nominal Requests of the Pharmaceutical Services.
The parents submitted their request to the Commission for the medicine to arrive last night. The Committee held an extraordinary meeting this morning and approved it.
Source: Reporter