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That the country will not close again and that the economy and society “will continue to work” said, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, from Heraklion Crete, where he participated in a meeting at the University Hospital. He called on citizens to be vaccinated, while respecting protection measures, for which it will be done as pointed out strict control.
Speaking with the administration of the 7th Ministry of Health of Crete, the directors of the hospitals, doctors, nurses and administrative staff, he said that in this battle we are all together. Adding that “there is no room for false divisions or party blinders. We are making an effort together to overcome this unprecedented crisis and all together we will win or all together we will lose “.
Kyriakos Mitsotakis was guided around the premises of PAGNI. He talked to patients, was informed in the lobby of the new ICU about its operation and then had a meeting with staff of the hospital and the wider Health District of Crete in the central amphitheater of the hospital.
Mr. Mitsotakis also referred to the mobile vaccination units that started their operation from Crete Announcing that in consultation with the Ministry, the operation of mobile units in large hotels can also start from Crete.
“If there is interest that the units can go, to vaccinate workers en masse in large places of hospitality, so that the workers escape the trouble and inconvenience to go themselves – it may not match the pace of their work. Let’s try this in order to convince the employees in tourism that they must take this step “, added the Prime Minister.
Kyriakos Mitsotakis appeared optimistic and said that “we will be able to control the fourth wave”, emphasizing that important stabilization trends are being recorded.
Speaking more broadly about the evolution of the pandemic in the country, he stated that “today we will exceed 110,000 tests” and that Greece is one of the countries that do the most tests in Europe, which, as he mentioned, “are extremely important”.
“As we are coming out of the pandemic, the NHS has inherited virtually twice the number of intensive care units than it had before,” added Kyriakos Mitsotakis. Stressing that today the vast majority of patients who are intubated or unfortunately die “are our unvaccinated fellow citizens “.
Kyriakos Mitsotakis also referred to the content of the statements for the rationalization of the health map.
The Prime Minister referred to the need for a streamlined health map in the country, where “everyone will know who does what and where” while he added that the Government has already started planning and working for “the next day for the new National Health System”.
During the meeting, the Director of the Medical Service of the Hospital, Professor Nikolaos Tzanakis, referred, among other things, to the methodology and the way of operation of the scientific team he leads, thanking for the support that this team enjoys.
The Commander of the hospital, Georgios Chalkiadakis, referred, among other things, to the significant achievement of the increase of the ICUs of the hospital and to the forthcoming installation of PET-CT for the oncology patients, which was announced a few days ago.
Then, the Commander of the 7th Health District of Crete, Eleni Borboudaki, focused on strengthening the hospitals with new permanent and auxiliary staff but also on the operation of the mobile vaccination units that started in Crete.
For his part, the Regional Governor of Crete, Stavros Arnaoutakis, noted the strengthening of Crete by hiring doctors and nurses and the supply of new EKAB ambulances, which is already in progress. Addressing the Prime Minister, he asked for the continuation of the central support through the Recovery Fund, so that Crete has an increasingly modern public health in the next decade, at the level of Europe, given the large number of tourists it attracts from all over people.
The meeting, together with the health executives of the wider region of Crete, was attended by, among others, the General Secretary of Health Services, Giannis Kotsiopoulos, the General Secretary of Primary Health Care, Marios Themistokleous, the President of EKAB, Nikos Papa. Eleni Borboudaki, the Commander of PAGNI Georgios Chalkiadakis, the Commander of the Venizelio Hospital of Heraklion Konstantinos Terzakis and the Rector of the University of Crete Georgios Kontakis.
Also present were the Deputy Minister of Sports and MP of Heraklion of ND, Lefteris Avgenakis, the Deputy Minister of Infrastructure and MP of Rethymno of ND, Giannis Kefalogiannis, the MEP of ND Manolis Kefalogiannis, the Member of Parliament Starhis of Heraklion Heraklion Vassilis Lambrinos.
source: ΑΠΕ – ΜΠΕ
