Parliamentary question on the shortage of medicines from the opposition in Greece

Aleksis Tsipras, leader of the main opposition party, Radical Left Alliance (SYRIZA), submitted a parliamentary question to Parliament on the drug shortage in the country, with a request to be answered by Prime Minister Kiryakos Mitsotakis.

“Will the prime minister take minimal political responsibility for health insurance problems, difficulties accessing essential health care and unprecedented drug shortages, or continue to promote corruption, putting public health at risk?” presented under the title.

In the motion, where it is stated that the country was dragged into a health crisis with the decisions made by the Miçotakis government on health, and that there were fewer health workers in hospitals compared to last year, they pointed out problems accessing the health system. also featured. The resolution also asked whether a plan to address the drug shortage would be submitted “even if late.”

Konstandinos Lurandos, president of the Atiki Region Pharmacists Association, used the phrase “I have been in this profession for 44 years, I have never experienced anything like this before.”
Emphasizing that pharmacists have been warning about drug shortages for more than a year, Lurandos said the Health Ministry did not take these warnings into account. (AA)