Mitsotakis: The personal doctor initiative must cover the entire Greek population

Mitsotakis: The personal doctor initiative must cover the entire Greek population

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"The Parliament may present a slightly different picture today, after the latest changes in the main opposition party, but the draft law we are discussing is part of a steady path that upgrades public health by serving three central goals: extensive prevention, organisation of primary care, renovation of 93 hospitals and 156 health centres," Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Tuesday in Parliament. The prime minister was addressing the plenary during the debate on the draft law "Reforming the institution of the Personal Doctor - Establishment of University Health Centres and other provisions of Ministry of Health." CE Report quotes Athens-Macedonian

He emphasised that this was an ambitious plan: "I believe that it has no precedent in the history of the national health system, therefore it requires time and great perseverance in its execution. Undoubtedly, however, it is a project that is implemented day by day."

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