Health Minister Vasilis Kikilias outlined some health policy achievements in the few months since New Democracy was elected into government while speaking on the fourth day of the parliamentary debate on the 2020 state budget on Tuesday, ANA reports.
Some 900 tumor patients received their medication directly from private clinics, said Kikilias, while multiple sclerosis patients will also be able to do this as of January 2020, he added. The health minister also noted how blood products were provided to the clinics caring for patients who suffered burn injuries during the 2018 wildfires at Mati. Cystic fibrosis patients will also soon benefit from an agreement with a pharmaceutical firm that will make the relevant medicines available.
Referring to recruitment policy against health needs, Kikilias said 175 hirings of doctors at emergency departments are underway, as are 1,300 for nurses and attendants, 50 for ambulance crews and 950 for permanent doctors’ positions. He added that after many years, some 800 new doctors of all specialties, licensed after 2012, have signed contracts, and are being followed by some 1,500 specialist nurses.
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