tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66948937079143097302024-03-13T09:09:33.039-07:00Metropolitan Community Clinic at HellinikoUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger98125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6694893707914309730.post-80892947889255877422014-09-19T10:18:00.000-07:002014-09-19T10:18:59.226-07:00Solidarity standing against barbarism<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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When we begun the effort to collect medicines for Gaza, along with Fair Planet who had the original idea, we could not imagine the <b>gigantic and immediate response from people all over Greece</b> (and not only, as we received drugs even from Turin, Italy!). This effort could not have reached the heights it did without substantial aid from Solidarity for All, Red FM, the Coordinating Committee of Social Clinics and Pharmacies in Attica and dozens of other solidarity collectives from Attica and throughout Greece, that really created a solidarity miracle.<br />
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Medicines were collected during two concerts that took place in Athens and dozens of other events all over Greece. We are only uploading a few pictures of some of them. The commitment, the efficient organization and the enthusiasm of the people who helped is really exemplary.<b> It is also a good reason to be happy that our society, despite all this brutality imposed by the economic crisis during the past six years, still has many reserves of solidarity left, not only for our countrymen, but also for our suffering friends in Palestine.</b><br />
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Although the Clinic was scheduled to close for two weeks, a group of MKIE and Fair Planet volunteers and of fellow citizens who responded to the call for help, are <b>working ceaselessly to check all the medications that are to be sent to Gaza.</b> At the same time another group of our volunteers (MKIE) works inside our "closed" pharmacy so that large quantities of drugs that we have enough of, are given for the same purpose. It is a difficult and demanding job, but it is necessary and our volunteers do it with great joy and enthusiasm.<br />
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A long human chain across Greece collects, checks and prepares medicines, in order to send them to Gaza.<br />
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<b>Once again thank you all for your love and your immediate response, that each time (!) far exceeds our expectations and gives us strength to continue with even bigger projects and goals. </b><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>"Communication team of the Metropolitan Social Clinic at Elliniko" </b></span><br />
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<b>Important note:</b> We apologize in advance in case we forgot to mention someone who has helped a lot with the whole effort, but there are so many collectives and individual citizens that have helped us, that we would have to devote several days to record each and every one.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small; text-align: left;">MKIE volunteers inspect medicines</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small; text-align: left;">Medicines collected and sent to us by the Social Clinic in Korinthos</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small; text-align: left;">August 2014, MKIE volunteers work tirelessly inside the pharmacy inspecting medicines</span></td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US"><b>METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY CLINIC AT HELLINIKO<span style="color: red;"> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> <span style="color: red;">Working Hours</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">(MONDAY - FRIDAY 10:00 - 20:00) </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">and (SATURDAY 10:00 - 14:00) </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">CONTACT PHONE NUMBER: <span style="color: red;">+30</span> <span style="color: red;">210 9631950</span> </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">ADDRESS: Inside the old American Military Base, 200m away from the Traffic Police of the Municipality of Helleniko, next to the Cultural Center of Helleniko</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Post code TK16777, Elliniko, Attiki, Greece </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Blog </span></b><a href="http://mki-ellinikou.blogspot.com/" style="color: #6699cc; text-decoration: none;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #336699;"><b>http://mkie-foreign.blogspot.gr/</b></span></a><b> Email <span style="color: #336699;">mkiellinikou@gmail.com</span></b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">When there
is an urgent need that drives us to request help, our hearts beat with every
ticking second until someone responds.
For all our efforts to save someone in dire need, the organizing the
calling, we can often do no more than tremble and wait for the outcome – it’s
now out of our hands. And yet we
shouldn’t worry; there is always an answer.
The first day the responses might trickle in. But usually they start to pour in
enthusiastically. “I can do this,” I can
do that, does it help?” People in
governments and politics can often commit sins of greed and egotism. But most people feel for those suffering and,
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<span lang="EN-US">On Tuesday,
the 22<sup>nd</sup> of July we informed the people about a 15 year old girl who
needed, immediately a <st1:street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">BiBAP ST</st1:address></st1:street>
machine to aid her breathing. She was
hospitalized, and could not be released unless she had access to a
ventilator. The machine cost 3,400 euros
and the girl and her mother had no way to purchase it. For all it having happened before, we didn’t
expect to get 23 responses from <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Greece</st1:place></st1:country-region>
and abroad offering sums of money almost immediately. Several shops offered to lower the cost of the
machine – even lower than half price. <b>
Luckily a lady in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Athens</st1:city></st1:place>
who had such a machine came forward. A
store specializing in these machines offered free life time maintenance. </b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">On Friday
the 26<sup>th</sup> of July our volunteer collected the machine from the
donor’s house and delivered it directly to the hospital where our young friend
was hospitalized. Monday the technician
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<span lang="EN-US">We thank
all those who pitched in to help and especially the woman who donated the
machine, those who offered money for the purchase of a new machine, stores that
reduced or eliminated their profit to help and of course the hundreds who
simply told every friend they had about our appeal, helping to spread the word
of this young woman in need. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The smile
on the faces of the mother and our young friend is the highest reward for all
our unsung heroes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Together,
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<b><span lang="EN-US">Put a Stop to Our
Inhuman Policies<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Even the
most skeptical now accept that the economic crisis in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Greece</st1:country-region></st1:place> has seriously hindered the
Greek Public Health System. Quality of
service has declined while cost, for the insured has increased month after
month. The uninsured have paid a higher
cost – sometimes with their lives, lost due to the <b>callous implementation of
policies in the public health sector since 2010.</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">In the last
few months we have seen a flood of circulars from the Greek Ministry of Health
hailing tremendous changes in the public health system since the beginning of
2014. These changes aim to “reform” the
system but they raise doubt as to their purpose and even their objective. Of course there have been some good reforms
made as well, but these cannot be implemented because of <b>systematic and
criminal underfunding of the Greek public health system.</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">We will, as
we always do, document and give evidence to the<b> tragic effects </b>of these
policies in public health. Many are deadly
and criminal policies, dressed up to seem humanitarian reforms. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Found on the web page of HDIKA
(E-Government Social Insurance S.A.) (</span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://www.e-syntagografisi.gr/e-pre/faces/Login?_afrLoop=591787041964811&Adf-Window-Id=w0&_afrWindowMode=0&_adf.ctrl-state=p8bdtfbzl_3&_afrRedirect=591787151771022">https://www.e-syntagografisi.gr/e-pre/faces/Login?_afrLoop=591787041964811&Adf-Window-Id=w0&_afrWindowMode=0&_adf.ctrl-state=p8bdtfbzl_3&_afrRedirect=591787151771022</a>)</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<span lang="EN-GB">“We inform you
that, in agreement with the government decision no. Y9/oik 53768 (Government
Gazette B 1796/1-7-14) that from today 9/7/2014 each prescribing physician must
control monthly minimum limits of prescriptions of the active substances of
drugs which are not under protection status and it is not permissible to prescribe
under a specific minimum percentage.
Also, per the decision of EOPYY (Greek National Organization of Health
Service Providers) restrictions have been placed on the (SPC) age at diagnosis
and prescribing specific medications, as per notifications.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">What?? (The
quote above comes out “gobbledygook” in both Greek and English) <b> Could the Ministry of Health please explain
what is meant by that? In other words, a
doctor has to choose what to prescribe using the criteria of the age of the
patient because EOPYY says so?</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The Greek Ministry of Health
and EOPYY following <b>minimum limits on prescribing generic medications put
a cap on expenses on prescribed medicine, per doctor by specialty and
location.</b> The risks associated with
this policy could potentially be disastrous, especially for those with
chronic diseases requiring monthly treatment.<b> It’s a policy that can put
lives in danger.</b> See more in the
article “Risks from the Prescription Ceiling” </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.efsyn.gr/?p=217204">http://www.efsyn.gr/?p=217204</a> - (in
Greek) and the article “Reactions AmeA to the Prescription Ceiling” (http://www.newsbeast.gr/greece/arthro/705713/addraseis-amea-gia-to-plafon-sti-sudagografisi)
(in Greek)</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">Vaccinations
against meningitis B has not been approved by the National Committee for Vaccinations
despite the medication being approved by the National Organization for
Medicines (EOF). Why? Because the president
of this board has not yet been appointed.
The result?<b> A 50 year old woman
in Ioanina has already died. </b> Read more
in the article “The National Committee for Vaccinations Frozen” </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.imerisia.gr/article.asp?catid=27201&subid=2&pubid=113308852">http://www.imerisia.gr/article.asp?catid=27201&subid=2&pubid=113308852</a></span><span lang="EN-US">: </span><span lang="EN-GB">(in Greek)</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">The
Greek government is leaving the <b>400,000 who are insured under OAEE</b> (the public
insurance carrier for independent workers, such as free-lance teachers,
consultants, writers, visiting home service providers, etc), but who owe money
to the insurer without medical coverage if their yearly income was <b>12,000 euro
or more </b>over the last three years. That
cut off is way too low. In other words,
the government reckons that a cancer patient, who owes payments to OAEE should
be able to afford hyper-expensive cancer therapy, because his income has
averaged 12,00 euro per year. Read more
in the article “400,000 insured left
without medical cover” </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.enet.gr/?i=news.el.article&id=436332">http://www.enet.gr/?i=news.el.article&id=436332</a>
-(in Greek) </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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government has taken a few positive steps, up to a point. They have allowed uninsured citizens access
to primary health care through public health clinics (PEDY), they have access
to medication (with the same co-pay as insured patients) and, as far as
secondary health care goes, cost-free access to public hospitals. But even these positive steps are not as
positive as they seem. <b> A huge wall of
bureaucracy is the main hurdle.</b> Public
hospitals have fewer people working and the Greek Public Health System is
woefully underfunded. When you take a
second look at it nothing has really changed; <b>the insured as well as the
uninsured often go without the treatments the need because they cannot pay for
their medicines. The appropriate doctors
they need are not to be found in PEDY because 50% of the doctors in the system
have been fired. Patients are also still
excluded from the public hospitals, because the hospitals don’t have the
funds. </b> For instance, KAT hospital had to
stop surgery altogether. At <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Areteo</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Hospital</st1:placetype></st1:place>,
which treats 1,000 cancer patients a year, the oncology department has <b>only one
employee </b>while they are required by law to have at least three.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The Doctors’ Association of Athens recently announced results of their
research, concluding that<b> one in three citizens </b>have no access to either
doctors or medication. Also, many
pharmaceutical associations in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Greece</st1:place></st1:country-region>
report that <b>more and more citizens are unable to get the needed medications to
continue their therapies.</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Read more in the following articles – all in Greek:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">“The Odyssey of the uninsured in hospitals”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.tovima.gr/society/article/?aid=614832">http<span lang="EN-US">://</span>www<span lang="EN-US">.</span>tovima<span lang="EN-US">.</span>gr<span lang="EN-US">/</span>society<span lang="EN-US">/</span>article<span lang="EN-US">/?</span>aid<span lang="EN-US">=614832</span></a> (in Greek)</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">“Surgery in
Suspension at <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">KAT</st1:placename>
<st1:placetype w:st="on">Hospital</st1:placetype></st1:place>”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.kathimerini.gr/774518/article/epikairothta/ellada/prowrh-anastolh%E2%80%93xeiroyrgeiwn-sto-kat">http<span lang="EN-US">://</span>www<span lang="EN-US">.</span>kathimerini<span lang="EN-US">.</span>gr<span lang="EN-US">/774518/</span>article<span lang="EN-US">/</span>epikairothta<span lang="EN-US">/</span>ellada<span lang="EN-US">/</span>prowrh<span lang="EN-US">-</span>anastolh<span lang="EN-US">–</span>xeiroyrgeiwn<span lang="EN-US">-</span>sto<span lang="EN-US">-</span>kat</a> (in Greek)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">“People of Ko in the streets because of
shortages in the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">Hospital</st1:placetype>
of <st1:placename w:st="on">Kos</st1:placename></st1:place>”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">http</span><span lang="EN-US">://</span><span lang="EN-GB">tvkosmos</span><span lang="EN-US">.</span><span lang="EN-GB">gr</span><span lang="EN-US">/</span><span lang="EN-GB">article</span><span lang="EN-US">.</span><span lang="EN-GB">asp</span><span lang="EN-US">?</span><span lang="EN-GB">newsid</span><span lang="EN-US">=2340809<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">“Doctors’ Association of Athens ‘One in three
patients have limited access to doctors and medications’”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.kathimerini.gr/775700/article/epikairothta/ellada/isa-enas-stoys-treis-as8eneis-exei-provlhma-prosvashs-se-giatroys-kai-farmaka">http<span lang="EN-US">://</span>www<span lang="EN-US">.</span>kathimerini<span lang="EN-US">.</span>gr<span lang="EN-US">/775700/</span>article<span lang="EN-US">/</span>epikairothta<span lang="EN-US">/</span>ellada<span lang="EN-US">/</span>isa<span lang="EN-US">-</span>enas<span lang="EN-US">-</span>stoys<span lang="EN-US">-</span>treis<span lang="EN-US">-</span>as<span lang="EN-US">8</span>eneis<span lang="EN-US">-</span>exei<span lang="EN-US">-</span>provlhma<span lang="EN-US">-</span>prosvashs<span lang="EN-US">-</span>se<span lang="EN-US">-</span>giatroys<span lang="EN-US">-</span>kai<span lang="EN-US">-</span>farmaka</a> (in Greek)</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">“Pharmaceutical Associations: The Government
Impoverishes the Uninsured”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.naftemporiki.gr/story/834170/farmakeutikoi-sullogoi-i-kubernisi-eksathlionei-tous-asfalismenous">http<span lang="EN-US">://</span>www<span lang="EN-US">.</span>naftemporiki<span lang="EN-US">.</span>gr<span lang="EN-US">/</span>story<span lang="EN-US">/834170/</span>farmakeutikoi<span lang="EN-US">-</span>sullogoi<span lang="EN-US">-</span>i<span lang="EN-US">-</span>kubernisi<span lang="EN-US">-</span>eksathlionei<span lang="EN-US">-</span>tous<span lang="EN-US">-</span>asfalismenous</a> (in Greek)</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.topontiki.gr/article/79143/Se-diathesimotita-kai-oi-karkinopatheis">http://www.topontiki.gr/article/79143/Se-diathesimotita-kai-oi-karkinopatheis</a>
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Greek National Confederation of the Disabled has recently sent a emphatic
letter to the Finance Minister Mr. Gikas Hardouvelis calling his attention
to the<b> extremely negative state that the disabled find themselves in</b> due
to the policies of the “memoranda”.
These policies affect the disabled and their families as well. The confederation, in turn, also have
economic problems since they must supplement the largest portion of the
additional expenses needed. Of particular concern are those who suffer
from severe disabilities, (cognitive disabilities such as down syndrome
and autism, as well as cerebral palsy etc.) and their families who support
them. Read more in “The Dramatic
State for the Disabled<br />
</span><span lang="EN-GB">http://www.tovima.gr/society/article/?aid=613684</span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><span lang="EN-GB">(in Greek)</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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are cancer patients who wait<b> more than 6 months for their therapy – and at
very probable risk of dying while waiting. </b>
Read more in the article “Cancer Patients Wait Six Months for Treatment”<br />
</span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.koutipandoras.gr/article/116381/mehri-kai-exi-mines-perimenoyn-oi-karkinopatheis-sto-esy-gia-therapeia">http://www.koutipandoras.gr/article/116381/mehri-kai-exi-mines-perimenoyn-oi-karkinopatheis-sto-esy-gia-therapeia</a></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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all this is going on, the government suddenly finds sources of funding
(both Greek and from Europe) to the tune of <b>40 million euro to fund
various NGO’s, community clinics, municipal pharmacies and other parallel health
providers while leaving the Greek public health system to crumble from
underfunding .</b> Read more in our
press release “The Social Trojan Horse is Here. http///……. This one is translated into English.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<span lang="EN-US">All of the above reflect the<b> imminent disintegration of the public
health system.</b> The victims of the
peculiar conflict are many and unfortunately, it is not possible to list all of
them since the destitute citizens suffer their destiny alone, unrecorded and
unheard. <b>These inhuman measures taken by
the governments during the last four years have led to a system where only the
very strong can survive. </b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">We, here are once more calling attention to this state of affairs, and
will continue to do so wherever and however we can, both within <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Greece</st1:place></st1:country-region> and
abroad. <b>We are documenting these crimes
and the data we collect will be used where it will have maximum effect in Greek
as well as European courts.</b> We’ll keep
you posted as to progress. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">At last,
after six years of economic austerity and four years of policies of the
“memorandum” which has left the uninsured increasing excluded from the Greek
public health system, it looks as if the government may be considering carrying
out their constitutional obligations.
Could it be that the timing for this decision is connected with the
soon-to-be-released tranche of funds to the country? Another thing worth pondering is the
persistence of some (journalists and politicians) in repeating that assistance
for the uninsured is an obligation under the memorandum agreement. This same Greek government together with the
“Troika” decreed austerity measures in May 2010<b> without any planning or study as
to what the results would have on society. </b>
Now with new regulations enacted (Government Gazette <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9MB-ros_2DuUENqTlpLWlFBcGM/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">1465 </a>of 05/06/2014
and <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9MB-ros_2DuNUcweC16d3FFS2c/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">1753 </a>of 28/06/2014) they hope to put out the fires that they ignited.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Specifically,
under GG1465, uninsured Greeks and non-Greeks legally residing in the country
will have <b>hospital care without cost.</b> We
certainly consider this a step in the right direction. The main obstacle to this is the<b> already
dramatically reduced budgets for Greek public hospitals</b>, which will be asked to
cover the costs of the extended care. We
have seen a<b> lot of cases of INSURED, but indigent patients who cannot find the
medications needed for treatment </b>and troll from hospital to hospital to try and
locate them. Recently, KAT hospital, one
of the largest in the greater Athens area, announced it would <b>stop performing
surgery, because they don’t have the budget to cover the expenses
involved. </b> These are problems that need
SOLUTIONS. We reckon that the
three-member committee that will be appointed to look into these issues, will
have a huge job. Official sources number
uninsured citizens at 3,000,000. How can
they be assisted without serious problems and huge delays? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Government
Gazette 1753 of 28/06/2014 covers pharmaceutical needs of uninsured Greeks and
foreigners legally resident in Greece <b>who can pay the same contribution as
those insured</b>. Expensive medications
(and only expensive medications) will be provided without cost, which we feel
is a positive step.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The thing
that we wonder about here – and this comes from long experience - is that many
of the<b> long term unemployed will find it impossible to contribute in any way to
payments.</b> Indeed, with the last modifications
to regulations, the Greek Health Ministry increased the co-pays, which creates
problems for many of the low-income insured. Unfortunately, we have many examples of
insured citizens who don’t have the means to pay into insurance plans. So we have to find a mechanism under which
those who cannot pay can at least have access to their medication.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">But at any
rate, with the regulations cited above, along with the ability of public health
clinics to admit uninsured patients, at least some uninsured are coming back in
the Greek public health system. Those
needs that are not covered are, specifically:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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is a cap of <b>340 million Euros</b> for medication for all uninsured. If more is needed, what happens? </span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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is no mention in either of the government gazette entries of<b> lab tests, blood
tests, MRI, X-Rays </b>etc. for outpatients visiting public health clinics and not
admitted to hospital. What happens in
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">Immigrants
who are<b> not legally documented </b>where do they go? Without any recourse to health care, they
could be a public health bomb waiting to explode. What do they do? A solution should be found for them, perhaps
utilizing funds from the EU. </span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The
measures enacted for the uninsured are, without question, a step in the right
direction but fall short of full and<b> free access to the Greek public health
system.</b> The big challenge for the Greek
government is to focus on proper funding and staffing of the public health
system,<b> putting a stop to “creative accounting” practices, and to put a halt to
the degradation of the health services while managing funds rationally. And to do this without social/solidarity
clinics, NGO’s funded by the European Union through the National Strategic
Reference Framework. These funds could go
directly to strengthen the Greek public health system and cover all the needs
of the uninsured.</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The Greek public health service is opening
up, at least partially, to the uninsured.
They can now access primary care (through the system’s public health
clinics) and secondary level care through access to public hospitals and at
least some access to medications. This
has been a partial<b> vindication of the gargantuan struggle undertaken by the
volunteer community clinics and pharmacies from all over Greece – a struggle
lasting three years, constantly pressuring for policies to make access to
public health more inclusive rather than exclusive.</b> The volunteers of the various social
solidarity clinics feel we were able to <b>at least partially reverse some of the
disastrous policies enacted during the economic crisis.</b> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The pressure will continue. We have never been afraid to “speak truth to
power.” <b>Our goal is to see a Greek
public health system that is open to all including the most vulnerable
groups.</b> We want to correct the wrongs
that lead to an impoverished society. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6694893707914309730.post-42134112771644841782014-07-19T06:00:00.000-07:002014-07-21T02:41:33.457-07:00Another Donation from Australia<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="EN-US">It is
always pleasing when people are good enough to volunteer much needed medicines
to us, especially when such a donation comes from a compatriot living in
far-off Australia. On the 27<sup>th</sup>
of June we received a great deal of medicines from this individual and all we
can say is that we thank him profusely from the bottom of our hearts. It is really significant that our message is
heard so far away and that many Greek immigrants respond.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Our
decision not to accept money is a conscious one. For one thing, we don’t want anyone to doubt
that their help will reach its goal. For
another, if a person wants to help and brings us medicine or some other
contribution in kind, he becomes involved in lending a helping hand to those in
need. The donor enters the process, and
may come to the clinic and see what is being done. In this is the way people learn they can
become part of the solution to our problems.
The magic word and concept is self organization.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">We thank
wholeheartedly all those who help so much by bringing various medicines to our
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to thank those who stand at our side in protesting against the outrageous
conditions sweeping like a whirlwind through our society.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6694893707914309730.post-30001377232226209622014-07-06T05:51:00.002-07:002014-07-06T05:51:30.041-07:00The Metropolitan Community Clinic at Helliniko at Strasburg One More Time<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Europe held on June 24th in Strasbourg.
This has been the second time in eight months (Read more <a href="http://mkie-foreign.blogspot.gr/2013/11/as-from-today-we-are-all-greeks.html" target="_blank">here </a>about the
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after the latest European elections – and is therefore significant. The volunteer doctor George Vichas was our
representative and spoke mainly on three issues. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The first analyzed the present situation of public health in Greece –
especially as far as the uninsured are concerned, with special note on the
changes since the first meeting eight months ago. The picture was not a happy one since there
was an obvious <b>deterioration on all levels of the Greek public health system.</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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citizens could mobilize to aid vulnerable groups victimized by the state itself
with their inhuman policies. The
experience and endeavors of MCCH during the last 2 ½ years were used to
exemplify what independent citizens could do.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Greece has reached the unpleasant necessity for legal action against so many
people in the government whose policies have led to the disability and death of
uninsured patients. </b> It was also
explained how these policies, besides being unethical and un-humanitarian,
ended up costing the country more in the long run.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Vichas – especially when they heard the word “<b>murder</b>” likened to the deaths of
uninsured patients. <b>There are those in
the Council of Europe who don’t want to hear about the guilt of politicians,
whether in Greece or elsewhere in Europe that should be investigated.</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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wished away by ineffectual resolutions and PR gimmicks.</b> What is happening in Greece will become
known. We and other volunteer community
clinics and pharmacies will continue to oppose such brutal policies wherever
they come from.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">When we
issued the February press release entitled “<a href="http://mkie-foreign.blogspot.gr/2014/02/social-solidarity-or-social-trojan-horse.html" target="_blank">Social Solidarity or Social TrojanHorse</a>” we had in mind various community clinics and pharmacies which have
sprung up in municipalities throughout Greece and are financed by the
government and by the European Union. We
wrote then about some problems we foresaw based n what was happening around
us. These problems are no longer just thoughts
– they have appeared and we should all be aware of it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The
creation of the <b>National Network of Immediate Social Intervention</b> (<a href="http://www.koinoniasos.gr/">http://www.koinoniasos.gr/</a>) is clearest
example of state sponsored hypocrisy. At
the same time that the Greek Public Health system is dissolving due to
underfunding, the government has arranged funding, together with the European
Union for <b>organizations that barely come under the supervision of the Greek
Public Health System</b>. The Network has
initial funding of €40 million. (read
more at </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.step.gov.gr/item/index/id/88">http://www.step.gov.gr/item/index/id/88</a>). This is happening<b> at the same time when some
10’s of millions can’t be found for treatment and medication for 3 million of
our uninsured fellow citizens.</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">On the one hand IKA/EOPPY is much reduced
in its transformation to PEDY and the dismissal of half of the medical
staff. All public hospitals are
underfunded to the point that <u>insured</u> patients, like the indigent, are
not sure of finding their medication. On
the other hand, the government<b> found 40 million to fund a network of specific
NGOS and support organizations within the municipalities to support those shut
out of the public health system.</b> And
many of these semi-volunteer organizations have funding for only staff
salaries, which means <b>the uninsured still have to seek sources for their
medication – usually at purely volunteer organizations, like ours.</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">In short,
the state decided not to strengthen the Greek Public Health System, but use its
precious funds (from both the national budget and from the European Union) to invest in unproven and new structures<b> that
cannot provide the same quality of service as public health system </b>and are certainly
not prepared to handle the huge volume handled by the Greek Public Health
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<span lang="EN-US">The Social
Trojan Horse is here and some will reap <b>huge profits</b> off all the rest of
us. The 3 million unemployed are still
left in the wind and await assistance. With
the €40 million, the true voluntary community clinics and pharmacies<b> could
finance medication needs for the unemployed for a great long while</b>. Patients with chronic diseases such as diabetes
must continue to suffer on.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Unemployed cancer
patients have only one source of help, the Cancer Clinic at Sotiria Hospital
where the doctors and medical staff VOLUNTARILY give their time and provide chemotherapy
to those in need (with no help from the state).
Disabled patients, who are insured, are trapped in their homes because
the resources that supported them (home care services) have either been
underfunded or abolished altogether. The
Center for Certifying Disability (KEPA) can take months to complete their
admittedly difficult task, because of a shocking lack of medical
resources. As mentioned above, all the
public hospitals are severely underfunded and are operating on the <b>very verge of
collapse</b>. Those insured have seen their
co-pays increase for medications (in some cases 50%) (read more here <a href="http://www.mkiellinikou.org/2014/05%20/%2021/farmaka%20/">http://www.mkiellinikou.org/2014/05
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<span lang="EN-US">The
repeated recommendations for Greece from the European Parliaments (read <a href="http://mkie-foreign.blogspot.gr/2014/03/a-resolution-by-european-parliament.html" target="_blank">here</a>)
and the Council of Europe (read <a href="http://mkie-foreign.blogspot.gr/2013/07/resolution-1946-2013-of-council-of.html" target="_blank">here</a>) and more recently by the International
Labor Organization (read <a href="http://mkie-foreign.blogspot.gr/2014/06/the-destruction-of-greek-public.html" target="_blank">here</a>) haven’t had effect in our country despite the
fact that we find ourselves in the <b>6<sup>th</sup> year of economic crisis.</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">How many
more victims have to stack up before the authorities adopt what are, by now,
<b>obvious measures? </b>Open the Greek Public
Health system to <b>all the uninsured </b>and fund it to a level that it can carry out
its mission.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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on World Social Protection</b> makes interesting reading. You can read it here – <a href="http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---dcomm/documents/publication/wcms_245201.pdf">http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---dcomm/documents/publication/wcms_245201.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">It is glaringly obvious that in a period of economic crisis, such as the
one we’re living through, human rights are not in the forefront of policy
anywhere. According to the ILO report,
social welfare and pubic insurance policies, which play a very important role
in the realization of human rights regarding health, education, reduction of
poverty and social equality are <b>waning, rather than becoming stronger. </b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Unemployment is recognized by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
as an important area that should be covered by public welfare systems (article
25). Data from the European Union shows
that that the unemployed who receive unemployment benefits are more likely to
return to work than those who do not (European Commission 2014, p. 163). <b>But even so, the right to public insurance for
the unemployed is shrinking at the precise period when it is most needed. </b> In 2010-2011, the percentage of GDP to public
expenditure on <b>social protection programs for working age people</b> in Greece (excluding
health) reached only <b>2%</b> (less than the percentage in Albania and Bulgaria),
while in countries such as Belgium, Ireland and even Spain (also badly hit by
the crisis) the level is <b>more than 6%, and more than 8% in Scandinavian
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in 19 of the 28 member states of the European Union while more than a quarter
of the children in Greece, Italy, Bulgaria and Romania and Spain <b>live below the
poverty level</b> (€7,178 per year for and individual, and €15,073 euros for a
family of four). The increase in child
poverty is cause for alarm not only for the negative, long term impact in
relation to the future employment prospects of the today’s children, but also
for the future productivity of European economies (European Commission 2014A) <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Concerning public pensions, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Greece</st1:country-region>
is one of the<b> few countries in the world </b>(the only other European countries
being <st1:country-region w:st="on">Spain</st1:country-region> and <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Albania</st1:place></st1:country-region>) where
there has been <b>an overall reduction of pension levels </b>(which started in
2010-2012. <b>Nobel prizewinning economist
Joseph Stiglitz sounded the alarm, but in vain.
“</b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><b>When the economy gets weaker,
spending on social protection and unemployment schemes should automatically go
up, helping to stabilize the economy</b>. ……One of the sad facts of the so-called reforms
in recent decades is that we have been weakening these important automatic stabilizers.”
(<i>International Labour Review</i>, Vol. 148 (2009), No. 1–2).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt;">In <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Greece</st1:place></st1:country-region>, <b>the
budgetary consolidation measures have featured significant budget cuts, even in
health. </b>The per capita expenditure on
health in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Greece</st1:place></st1:country-region><b>
fell 11.1% between 2009 and 2011</b> (OECD 2013c) while the health budget for 2011
decreased by €1.4 billion. <b> These cuts
have led to reduced health care delivery and problems in a wide range of areas
from preventative care to the availability and affordability of health services
and essential medicines such as antibiotics.
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burden for health care payment from the puclic purse to individual pockets has
particularly serious consequences for low income groups. At the exact same time, <b>fiscal consolidation
measures have resulted in the reduction of workers in the health field and a
reduction of their salaries. </b>The
increase demand for public health services was self-evident.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><b>It is clear that
the recovery effort of the financial sector has been at the expense of social
protection programs, as if this was the cause of the crisis. </b> However, deficits continue to grow, the bank
bailouts go on and revenues continue to decline because of the economic
downturn. Oliver Blanchard, the Chief Economist at the
IMF has admitted that there were serious errors in the design of the fiscal
consolidation policies (Blanchard and Leigh 2013). <b>The increase of unemployment and poverty on
this scale in so many European countries should have led to measures that increased
and improved spending for social protection programs, not wholesale cutbacks.</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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salaries have been cut by nearly 35% and unemployment reached 28% from 2008 to
2013. And yet, expenses for social
protection programs were reduced by more than 12% in the same period. Inevitably, poverty in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Greece</st1:country-region></st1:place> climbed to a record level
exceeding 35% of the population in 2013 with all the attendant misery connected
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">You can see above a letter by G.D., a 54 year old heart patient
mentioned last month in an effort to solve his health problem. He describes in detail the incident at
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">To remind our readers,<b> this is the patient who, on 7 May 2014 was thrown
out of the hospital just before an operation to insert a pacemaker was to take
place; an operation necessary to protect his life.</b> Read more here (<a href="http://mkie-foreign.blogspot.gr/2014/06/message-to-greek-minister-of-health-if.html">http://mkie-foreign.blogspot.gr/2014/06/message-to-greek-minister-of-health-if.html</a></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">).</span></div>
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Health in an interview together with our Dr. Vichas aired on 17 May 2014. It is in the Greek language, but even if you
don’t understand Greek, you’ll get the gist. The (now former) Greek Minister of Health is the one who is getting
hysterically angry. He insists that we
are liars and leading the public astray.
Our Doctor George Vichas is attempting to calmly respond. The commentators are calling on Mr.
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6694893707914309730.post-48623142850866581812014-06-01T05:07:00.000-07:002014-06-01T05:07:32.344-07:00Message to the Greek Minister of Health: If you can’t do the job, then resign!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="EN-US">The announcement
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<span lang="EN-US">Once more,
we will answer the questions raised by the Health Ministry in their
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US">1)<span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">To the charge that we imagined that
the <b>54 year old uninsured patient was thrown out of surgery</b> by the hospital
administration, we respond that this was confirmed by not only the patient and
his wife, but also by others within the hospital. The patient was admitted for surgery after
pressure by the doctors of Evangelismos hospital on the understanding that he
would soon be issued with a welfare booklet which would allow him to not have
to pay for the expensive operation.
However, at the last minute,<b> the head of accounting of the hospital
rejected this plan and forced the patient to leave. </b> That is exactly what happened. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US">2)<span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US"><b>We intervened for the sole purposed
of helping the patient defend his life.</b>
When a cardiologist decides a patient must receive a pacemaker, and must
receive it immediately, that is enough to show that the patient is vulnerable
at any time which could be fatal. No
cardiologist can predict when a serious arrhythmia, or worse will occur. It’s bad enough that some non-medical staffer
can make such a patient wait for a month.
But it’s down-right strange that this patient couldn’t get the proper
care from the beginning of his condition.
Perhaps it’s even stranger that the Ministry of Health is trying
desperately to excuse its behavior with two announcements in 24 hours. Since the operation was scheduled, as the
Ministry of Health stated, why was the patient contacted by the hospital to be re-admitted
the following day? What would this
patient have done if we had not provided him the medication he required?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US">3)<span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">We announced on our Facebook page Tuesday
night 13 May and that the patient had been re-admitted to hospital for
surgery. We did this because,
unfortunately, we have often received promises from the Ministry which ended up
being empty words. We don’t announce the
promises – just those that are carried through.
The next day on Wednesday 14 May, it was confirmed to us that the
patient had been re-admitted and we announced it on our web page. The issue is why did the hospital
administration make such a big deal over doing what was expected? The patient had access to doctors (at
Evangelismos) and had medicines from us.
But why did they not proceed with the surgery the first time he was
admitted? The surgery occurred only
after we publicized the whole story.
<b>What does the Ministry want us to believe? That is was just coincidence that on the
night of Tuesday 13 May the hospital administration called the patient to tell
him that we would be re-admitted the very next day? Is it standard procedure for the hospital
administration to call every patient and inform him to come in for surgery the
next day?</b> Why then on Wednesday 14 May
did we get a panicky call from the administration of the hospital asking us to
cancel and delete the press release since “all’s well that ends well?” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US">4)<span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">We question the hospital
administration and the Greek Health Ministry, not the doctors who extend
themselves to help thousands of citizen on a daily basis and under the very
difficult conditions imposed by the economic memorandum and the Troika (cuts in
public hospital budgets, hospital closures, the dissolving of EOPPY, reduction
in medical personnel, increase in costs of public health for those who do have
access to it, etc.) The daily situation
that doctors and medical staff have to face in Greek public hospitals is
tragic. Often basic goods are lacking,
such as gauze, not to mention expensive medicines, spares for diagnostic
machinery rendering them useless, etc. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US">5)<span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US"> For our four uninsured patients with hepatitis,
we were pleased that the Ministry of Health publicly admitted that they
referred us to a pharmaceutical company.
<b>So we once again emphasize that the leadership of the Ministry of health
should IMMEDIATELY resign, not only because it improperly does its job by
referring uninsured with communicable diseases to find treatment directly from
the pharmaceutical company, but also because the patients were referred to us
to provide medication or to provide surgery (read <a href="http://www.mkiellinikou.org/2014/04/11/ypoyrgeio/" target="_blank">here</a> for more information –
in Greek)</b>. The Ministry of Health is
responsible for protecting the public health of society as a whole – <b>not refer
individuals to private companies or voluntary clinics.</b> If they can’t do this, and believe that we
can do the job better,<b> then pass the administration on to us – we’ll do our
best!!</b> Until that day, <b>the Ministry of
Health is RESPONSIBLE for these four patients, not to mention the 3 million
other uninsured in this country.</b>
Finally, just to note, our problem was not to find the refrigeration to
store the medication, but to find the medication itself for these 4 patients.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Finally we have to say that all the energy that
the Ministry of Health has put in to publicizing their differences with us –
two press releases in 24 hours - could have been better spent in helping uninsured
patients, and not trying to justify the unjustifiable. <b>Volunteer clinics like ours, trying to bring
solidarity to the community have nothing to gain from a public feud with the
Ministry of Health. We do not/will not
play such games.</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">If we were playing “political games”, <b>perhaps
the social services of the municipality of Glyfada were playing games when they
referred the patient to us,</b> knowing all the details of the case?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><b>Maybe the United Nations is playing games when
they published a <a href="http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/HRC/RegularSessions/Session25/Documents/A-HRC-25-50-Add1_en.doc" target="_blank">report</a> citing serious violations of human rights of both
citizens and immigrants from the Greek state, and pointing up the many shortfalls
of the Greek public health system?</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Neither us, nor Glyfada nor the UN are playing
games, we’re simply <b>expressing truths that some parties would rather not become
widely known.</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The treatment that our clinic recommends for
the Greek Minister of Health and his colleagues is for them to collectively
bend their heads a bit and listen carefully to the hundreds of citizens who
contact them and find a comprehensive solution to their problems, rather than
trying to patch up or cover up the issues. <b>
Let us finally open the Greek Public Health System to all of the Greek
public, whether insured or not!!</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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9 May 2014<o:p></o:p></b></a></div>
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<b>The Greek Ministry of Health
Doesn’t Recognize its own Guidelines,<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>The Health of Four Hepatitis Patients
Left to Chance<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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The public perception
of the health sector in the last few years has been of a Health Ministry managed
by those following a callous policy of placing numbers and budget concerns
before public health. Is it possible
that this is the kinder interpretation of what’s going on?<o:p></o:p></div>
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On 11 March 2014, MCCH
sent an urgent letter to the Greek Health Ministry. This was followed on the 27<sup>th</sup> of
March by an appeal to help four uninsured and unemployed patients with
hepatitis. The public hospitals will not
treat them unless they pay for their treatment. These four came to our clinic for help. And we did everything we could to find help
within the system to get them the treatment needed. That turned out to be impossible. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The Odyssey started on
11 March with the Ministry of Health. In
addition to the appeals we made, we contacted three different officials in the
Ministry to whom we explained that this was a matter of public health. You can read all the detail of this exchange
here (in Greek).<o:p></o:p></div>
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One official we
contacted told us that medicatio<o:p></o:p></div>
ns would be found for the patients. Another told us to get in direct contact with
the drug companies and the third contacted us simply to say what a wonderful
job the Ministry of Health is doing….without telling us what they could do for
our four hepatitis patients.<br />
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A few days ago we were
informed by the NGO “Praksis” that based on a circular issued by the Greek
Ministry of Health (ADA B49KTH-55P, dated 02/05/2012 marked Extremely Urgent)
which you can find here (in Greek) the Ministry of Health informs the
administration of public hospitals that the uninsured and destitute (Greeks and
immigrants) are entitled to COST-FREE access to the Greek Public Health System
when their health is severely compromised, or if they have been infected by
HIV/AIDS or other severe infectious diseases.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">In short, the Greek Ministry of Health has
given very clear orders that they have not carried out, let alone the
administrators of the public hospitals!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Furthermore, the Greek Ministry of Health
in a written response to question from parliament, (Protocol number 115406
dated 10/04/2014 – i.e. exactly one month after our first letter regarding the four
hepatitis patients) – which you can read here (in Greek) – say exactly the same
thing as the circular referred to above.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">So how is it that officials of the Ministry
of Health can ignore their own guidelines and their own answers to Parliament?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">We can only conclude that either the officials
of the Ministry of Health are so uninformed of their own policies that the
lives of citizens are recklessly endangered on a daily basis, or they ARE aware
of these guidelines and knowingly ignore them.
In either case about the kindest word you can use is “incompetent.” Whichever the case, this situation must be
investigated immediately. And what is
our Minister of Health going to do about such a serious issue?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">How is it possible that our Minister of
Health has appeared in the media stating that he will help 2.5 million
uninsured (the true number is 3 million uninsured, based on numbers from The
National Organization of Health Providers-EOPPY) by the end of 2013 and did
not. And now, he can’t find a solution
for only four (!) uninsured citizens whose lives are in danger. Why can’t a solution for this problem be
found?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Why declare that solutions will be found
AFTER elections?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">We simply present the facts and expect
answers from those “responsible” in the Ministry of Health. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Our four patients will go to a public
hospital and request assistance. They
will have the circular stating government guidelines with them. We can only hope they won’t face any
problems…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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13 May 2014<o:p></o:p></b></a></div>
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<b>A Patient Removed from Surgery Because
He Can’t Pay<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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We have received a
complaint from a patient that seemed incredible, even for us who see so many. Sadly it turned out to be all too true, and
confirmed by a social worker concerned.
Specifically, last week, a fifty-four year old unemployed and uninsured
citizen who had serous heart trouble and who required immediate care and
surgery was admitted to Evangelismos hospital.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The hospital initially
refused to admit him. The patient
declared he would produce a welfare health booklet when it was issued. Then, after the insistence of the patient’s
attending physician, the hospital agreed to proceed with the surgery as the
life of the patient was in danger.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The patient had been
prepared for surgery, stretched out on the table, intravenous tubes inserted
and shaved, when a person from the
accounting department rushed in and forced the doctors to stop because the
patient had not given them the welfare booklet.
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It goes without saying
that the patient had already asked the services at the municipality to hasten
the issuance of the booklet, but what was he to do meanwhile? Was he to wait for bureaucracy to increase
its pace?<o:p></o:p></div>
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How could that accountant
even get in the operating theatre to stop a surgery, over the authority of the
surgeon, as a life was at stake?<o:p></o:p></div>
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Let the Greek Ministry
of Health tell us where we can ask for help since it is evident that patient’s
lives have now become nothing more than an accounting issue.<o:p></o:p></div>
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We expect answers from
the Ministry of Health on this unacceptable incident and require an IMMEDIATE
admission of the patient to hospital and the necessary medical procedures to be
carried out to treat him.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>1st update -</b></span> <span style="color: red;">14/05/2014</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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We were just informed
by the patient that he has been admitted to “Evangelismos” hospital by the
Director this morning and tomorrow he will go into surgery. We hope the directors of all public hospitals
will likewise show some sensitivity to all uninsured patients and not only when
the problems are publicized. Cases like
this one are not to be tolerated; this is not the role that the Greek Public
Health System should play in our lives.
Accounts and money cannot be more important than a human life, and even
more when it concerns three million uninsured citizens. Whoever endangers human life will have to
answer for it in a court – sooner or later<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Press Release</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b> Love and solidarity from our Italian friends</b></span></div>
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During October and November 2013, the Italian feminist organization "Donne nella
Crisi" ("Women in the Crisis"), along with other Italian organizations and groups of civilians,
held a Solidarity Caravan in Italy, aiming to inform the Italian people
about the critical situation of Greece's Public Health. The Caravan
traveled throughout Italy, crossing a total of 15 cities, organized
multiple events, such as discussions, photography exhibitions, video
projections, thus making widely known the activities of the Metropolitan Community Clinic at Helliniko and also the humanitarian crisis that is unfolding. A
presentation of the Clinic was also made by our representative,
brochures and informational material were given to civilians outside
of hospitals and at various city squares, in order to raise awareness concerning the
impact of the crisis in the average civilian' s health in our country. (<i>You can read all about the itinerary of the caravan</i> <a href="http://mkie-foreign.blogspot.gr/2013/11/news-on-solidarity-caravan-in-italy.html" target="_blank"><b>here</b></a>)<br />
<br />During
the events, a large number of urgently needed medications were collected and a significant amount of money was donated so as to
proceed to the purchase of new medications for our clinic.<br />
<br />We were also very pleased
to welcome the representative of the organization "Donne nella
Crisi",<b> Ms Rosa Calderazzi</b> on
the 3rd of April at our premises, where the official delivery of medicines, bought with the money donations during the Caravan, was made. At this point, it is worth mentionning
that Ms Calderazzi, with the help of a volunteer, has been crossing
Italy for over a month with a trailer, informing Italian civilians about
everything that is currently happenning in the Greek National Health
system. It is needless to say that any kind of aid coming from a country which
faces similar social problems,
such as high unemployment rates and serious effects on its National
Health System, is of extreme importance and means a lot to us.<br />
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<img alt="20140403_190505" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEhdXVtEA2pf3K2ZlSUO6JqhcXliVb0pcNnilfCpQBx33gU08SJD0iwumoN55VJeTcOjn8P52yzLuFtvU_6bFKPj69v8ivxXJV1V9thzDhHwSL8lSly8V2Ha1o_sCfBVB7igoIG9w1m6fDbwiKmp5_KSMwpGCMQnrZ97Ql-jRioFmd88B9aEM0ocKNwW=s0-d-e1-ft" width="550" /><br /><i>Delivery
of medications bought with the money donated by Italian civilians
during the solidarity caravan in Italy. In the middlle, we see the
representative of the organization "Donne nella Crisi", Ms Rosa
Calderazzi. </i>
<img alt="20140403_190641" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEjsoyjpWoHjXVI2yam_TlNGNXlmMS9__VjH05zUjYAtm0nk4YYwWg_kiCP3WG0UpRuyFuX8JGRMpImgBcgJtd_oZdcxJh4UtV-dfquqLDWGo11_RwCPMs_4BmnMHAc5eGPLxzNVO84nwMhfJbK_8AAx1Tn2tLKZMx_xLYF8RRyxIT1V8UhNXTEPMYSA=s0-d-e1-ft" width="550" /> <br /><i> The
representative of the organization "Donne nella Crisi" Ms Rosa
Calderazzi having a conversation with the volunteer doctor Giorgos
Vichas.</i><br /><br /><br />The least we can say is a very big "thank you" to our
brothers in Italy, sending at the same time the message that we stand
by them in their own forthcoming struggle to claim the right of all
civilians<b> for a free and unrestricted access to their country's National
Health System</b>.<br />
<br />We would also like to thank Ms Sonia Mitralia, from
the group "Women for Reproductive Rights", who brought us into
contact with the organization "Donne nella Crisi", and with whose
presence and contribution the solidarity caravan has had such a positive
outcome.<br /><br />Below there are some pictures from the cities visited by the Caravan and the events that were held.<br /><br /><img alt="Verona camper helleniko 8" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEgboMDg5an7q-kOXWWkqsSZgLd1LgnMOaQWJwJV3H7ef89tXBFfSnq6gyihCGs8kauA70TIpz9nCLG2aq5ARIg_nKKZnTX6Pym2XOF4_hIvU4jqRCrwgtt93cWL3ktmSlJhJR_G-kgm_3CilCsGow1JEgmjF_WYG94xeHQewIFgzkS_5XTSyhfLuZTtsWj_9kTJPo_ogw=s0-d-e1-ft" width="550" /><br />On the 22 of October the Cravan began its journey in Verona. We see here civilians being informed.<br /><br /><br /><img alt="Verona camper helleniko 1" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEjIdrZr6fLrO53Cxx2zeh6XuwGrcPEJrfF6CKjQRR3UptYXgEiJvVtUI4GtnffTHI0OS4EYejER1tHl-d8KlrA5ofzZFQG0afpgrvndO7_0mRN-YzxfSFWbwt5xdNoCN3gDPQDeTPT8cjWdH1sVGYOEyYuS2r7pp7cHOtKzc21jl0R4cgdBUkOwB32Q8Z3xzfnJnCjD8A=s0-d-e1-ft" width="550" /><br />Verona, 10/22<br /><br /><br /><img alt="Brescia camper helleniko 1" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEgymwiU-078aWWZLGcrHKpUNiSqVKKp7PhKtucyn8vTYDdYySbmv6e6GtJA-9S9PwslU163vleCU8hcC3Nrjac-bwcr4UkK6PfudFarK5I4IpmSPXec3W4Id5dEVYwYm40sAPpwwD98C3-Slj_pqokh4NxgYNZCqJgA7vNKXw2XX5hr6pNybZ9c6rzvIX_5IlMEMusOPcA=s0-d-e1-ft" width="550" /><br />10/25 Brescia and Rovato.<br /><br /><br /><img alt="Brescia camping helleniko 20" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEgwZ7KF_NXK2885GdkKC-GL3c0uWG-61ShorqpLZtPwE34CVq72kP0TB9tQxetsREsCBEP2opC486gIfWKujvYbMlxQENnqBojCimWDFkPKmKWY_WiHaD0FA2KCwrcTwAMQB2GM2J35Up73ThV56MY4aCffl9zjkUx5801A9aUGCL94E8kUYm0u2DnCQOvzQIhqQ7Q3I1Uk1w=s0-d-e1-ft" width="550" /><br />Meeting in Brescia.<br /><br /><br /><br /><img alt="Brescia camper helleniko 6" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEgwW2IzOFuYr1tyaeXm9_jgqZKmsSQDBrH3sRHVmcNDrpEQoibjfde341KIZxM-dKH-dv9KMcbDAZuJATcBuPWpFvGD2K5ZUMlUdXL2NRk-T4ts9QWCjegal5zEgUjqzRxtMVRNnvl47SLS7LIWF41zzJhDEEcDfVn2Q0VT3Pq79gMaoKZqvm-KIyJv-NBTgrgajTcnQWA=s0-d-e1-ft" width="550" /><br />Civilians information outside of a hospital in Brescia.<br /><br /><br /><br /><img alt="Rho camping helleniko 1" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEgtzLMQURjLEJCuYOG0vJCJJMoA-xvqd06ehyphenhyphenLQjHb6aTBQsJr5qflbrBEWG-bGtnft4Px-m5BaF8oggAZwv0eSB7Dvqim0TBqlvGC60pAwMIEQnYt828UlH7bLOUrfC7dZoCDcJnT0C1eu_K-tc9RYnHzCiR8wWmxF-oa9rx3tDHxDGV-bhT9gcAFULX8aWM_9vT4=s0-d-e1-ft" width="550" /><br />The Caravan in Rho and Cornaredo.<br /><br /><br /><img alt="Rho camper helleniko 2" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEjgnpz5iPNNxhRmpkr5IX5dod84b7M4cZXbviA-VD-Fbq9ytHrDS2fna0IHtfWxazVonSbS9xOC42qw33MU-c5c3qLqqvo4KZGyObooMG2SWzecge0HLKcCLEwkCZ1m_rKRyJmDAVnJPlXczYoDVLY3oaH8oE9RFOvZgHhlXwfNfqdK6fKb8yY5_EEAuReXHl9Z-A=s0-d-e1-ft" width="550" /><br />Informing civilians in Rho.<br /><br /><img alt="Milano camping helleniko 27" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEhriLlxq5eLXfcGaU8Dz4YEOGnYvB2LeK928Ms6qPK_zu4VvvH_rbJ_GrK8g_8TJbGZtWpl4qh2IDwduWl4Z4gUIx-0YlJiwFWbec7msccMPy-Z5ekO3FX-88nUPbWKE8ymML8ahqWrafkah3MzmuGb_4EOcq9EJCA88-8APFqFfXyfHw6bze6-4MxnFvHcG3I-mmpJI30Y=s0-d-e1-ft" width="550" /><br />Informing civilians outside of a hospital in Milan, 10/28.<br /><br /><img alt="Milano camper helleniko 101" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEiIZtobYPZc8iFK4y-vfGHFtgAKwllkdHFATlck-KuB1USPsAPeBO5VRIuj6Lb5bdBIu_o_tWht4aau-NpmvLpulTEZN-KUZ-3UP_WcPMi6Decbrcp9G3AJpO-qfNWAXwZQ99o-zL8HZY3FbZeUF-GA31ho_GZHtVpte3DDfx_X2JGoO3jZX9qeJjXrrLcwM7WFjq-r3OD8=s0-d-e1-ft" width="550" /><br />Milan, 10/28.<br /><br /><img alt="Milano camping helleniko 61" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEimb9eYG55N9aEo7eRjO4oBHbOoGkqtJokctZN1zNLNJktKpXrQOpgxQP1pCfQ-Qtdm2Tm3fAiUuVrsJtQFVd96Pk1V092TX61g6N1dfW9YT40TAkD_8WnZ8beFmQeXDHEIdxQqPjOzzoPrkPXZ6ZgdMduULEsnbTHFCluPJbU8Hm3bRK4yFfd3wxjyFNtukFHPWGs8wnIf=s0-d-e1-ft" width="550" /><br />An outdoor civilian information in Milan.<br /><br /><br /><img alt="Lodi camping helleniko 26" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEhtnAB2ERsWffJ6VuBwq55s22Q7dIrfP-_gYSNUCvo-GfuURdsbzpHP3VfcsxmPp_ZOtlxCmxPhhYe0ZO-L4BkC3vDxJgkU-Cxb5nNIgTEPBUVGFvKcMx6_ysDzdYVnqLcExVZeJvZ9DejT3gbLIuVstKvd-3nRjJGBZf9pYRKDpsKMEuiR_oL5xNjzOxQgHCZd9HFqxw=s0-d-e1-ft" width="550" /><br />10/29,Civilian information in Lodi.<br /><br /><br /><img alt="Bologna camper helleniko 1" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEgFQejCNlIIEd-H1yke1o5f6YIVYVtl20nCSSc_FqDYKea9Yg2ObTObvSxbphZiK5yb0iUbQSjnr2Da8pHNbWcbODFXqjn8nUwNfj3rjofm59D636lUglKBQFj_-Fu07ZOFxODvReYp9Gq8n4Jkq4cWbi7J9NXy42YQZN3hT8WKCWrafUiapaU2oa9O8ZMYrmsI6u-4cBg=s0-d-e1-ft" width="550" /><br />Tha Cravan arriving in Bologna,11/5.<br /><br /><br /><img alt="Bologna camper helleniko 6" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEhtZVLss8U_ofOWV6HSaSl2v1z-4MkojLqjUW6OnkbihyphenhyphenyXhkbIrNAomKZH0iNAQBL2LaUN5fcXME4WL4P8iNdNQ5Y9XYBIp9D_GKg0yt-JtYlO1bgHdNqevjGImgXvJBt4Y-eufk8tBnW7nB8Ii6zFGsHGcp6x8c65gMgPFuuGmodp7fR_xII7e-nluXQGkqDE169_vio=s0-d-e1-ft" width="550" /><br />Meeting at Bologna University, 11/5.<br /><br /><br /><img alt="Bologna camper helleniko 4" height="825" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEj1t53QTCuvFefH6ELlmX-1CaVdWIMwzbODPxPJtNVCQhx1IOIT_biFOmP1Z6mytg6k4qoE9hyRB5-xE82idXnEQPIisDKN28YzrM0DoS9d5N85y8Xc4j77aRnl8B84XSV8bXxeUWhWRPbBcJqxnXWCvFtMkMynbwutGZPhpzGBmDWUgw-Qgco2LjeDNOIcIJ_nJR1q4fI=s0-d-e1-ft" width="550" /><br />Conference at Bologna University, 11/5.<br /><br /><br /><img alt="Roma camper helleniko 4" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEhpCYUbT9o3GYMsW5YUqaQNsctOduVvmXxtNWObMb8nKx9jXKRWtw8yzMHoQh30_b1wlNeQh2BkZt-EwvQ85-5SWMZza_2s160sZvRFl9_s6Xe38ZxAzXAVKNtvFE4JB2WAvrynAcILPtzHXgfjip9dXljegdzPjONKmom7Cf08HFCvH8JijU2Tn4URbxHQQFy7-Cw=s0-d-e1-ft" width="550" /><br />Rome, 11/6.<br /><br /><br /><img alt="Roma camper helleniko 14" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEj8audUU7Mj4Ahx-pZmauTRPzJUVlfoHyunNA191R8xTz6gSueDmritXS6uCfPODPlP9VkLoC6HV4pJNA8PiuhwKEbu939HklXG92XoQWOBLFaP11dI0LBddszv6SAugmDqifFBCE9kcUB-m98rVIR99kVC6tf9CephQrCC7Iznqp4Uxzd-lbMwX-gz4QrYgwzpHBlI=s0-d-e1-ft" width="550" /><br />Informative meeting in Rome, 11/6.<br /><br /><br /><img alt="Roma camper helleniko 13" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEgLk9cjHkrNkzuR30nT7QavtVrVAU3lkWM_BReR4g_E2mYdUIMBmlAE0Wh1PpdFV0OzDI8sCJ7yZk1Iq7QLpkP4DF-7LWN5ZVe1nuvdmgLZfGT8buLV8E7VcmpsR4GU21kNU1M6kPObtzxyA8ipCN736Bg9crVlgVx0IhuNhB4SRQY1iuf1k2q65DdFEdAVhM-tLEk_=s0-d-e1-ft" width="550" /><br />11/6, Rome.<br /><br /><br /><img alt="Salerno camper helleniko (55)" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEgDowProvvb6RxTmZGBSCOjn8S3vTPCtJkhEIf8EV_vSN2Iie9ENO-ip8WT7Je-8uJsLKppJ97nsUa4LvUgk4jvYpZ0f55G0OrLTOWGTLG8M9Xhwldql4Pe3onm9lc4mOYpafPMNYXSzBw6xZLlb_y_yzWxRBKCI65S4S3aHm1skFbQBn1pS0AeQNYYajRrmYE1R2EihYxs=s0-d-e1-ft" width="550" /><br />11/7, The Caravan arriving in Salerno.<br /><br /><br /><img alt="Salerno camper helleniko (58)" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEjR9gPABIW2J7iCjp-TtcRFlrb5esW9AtLckLsDFGDv3FQkGxuMpto_JiDsdfuZfiiv422m69huWLHzfzMhJZwDJ1QBBIORFfGYQDjuAsTi__XAoIpFIY9ZHypvWP26fSQeXHlVDcBWKwW05-XaKiMYYQPB0m_kfrW1Lc-O__tNw_XHp_TzA9SA_I83SzzqZoePJojDLCKq=s0-d-e1-ft" width="550" /><br />11/7, a theatrical performance in Salerno.<br /><br /><br /><img alt="Salerno camper helleniko (57)" height="825" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEgheWI9cYch8uqtA58jyY5wKmL6VWPxz0003hCqDqHAdGf4oe_7FFcr2WLa9D4vuxb72S_qCr9VmjwvwcSZdVwXk_aZG3cS2DGxOyboc_7STfJz2V8kW7uCfy_2aMLeSna8Ui4XVF-UhV79XllEbX0TTUQ041suLxN4Jjkc8q9OnRPWLYab0LeMuih3zz8hb0tjGvTlOp-u=s0-d-e1-ft" width="550" /><br />11/7 Salerno, a doctor selects and inspects the medications donated by civilians. Soon, they will be arriving at the MCCH.<br /><br /><br /><img alt="Salerno camper helleniko (62)" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEifmuZZso-uEEuXxIMwJ4iHkTBf5wV8PNFz6l7kVjvye4iS5me6JXL9G0mWtZv82A-BIHn10LtwnXFWTfK3j86H4ZRjsFxmvIUkUy3tQdvieqMkj34dH8MKn6kucIcRrgM5NQdwUngKcs2zVGFVmq3SFoSWywuGTKxskLuUvdx2Sg8NgVMiDGFvQmgvvqduCasT0Yji1Wv-=s0-d-e1-ft" width="550" /><br />11/7, Civilian meeting in Salerno, update about the situation in Greece.<br /><br /><br /><img alt="Cosenza camper helleniko (69)" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEgmQAU24UX5FRwrbDYOgH-PNDvaYFoZHwZgyVA5fqdSYcuQoVBZxCazbvICFAI0ruTWmxFQ0360qEKynY34Vna2Fj7nUT4b8-e9cY8OYQQGLch6-PqT53qNRPJamI0YHpDtGj9g5fG_CAgYB5awjbWHLuB_heBGpn0hsEtk0K6WIujdrU1EXwXw1yKNf8i0URmys1vWcmel=s0-d-e1-ft" width="550" /><br />11/8, The Caravan arrives in Consenza and Vibo.<br /><br /><br /><img alt="Cosenza camper helleniko (70)" height="825" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEhakECRfxRcc1ugFNpnqdgZk2UXq9_uMDIFp4JvLfDTfyI8acDFbGqa5eo-563_Wrou4v9UTcm0Fw0lCDB6wYlRuVF19XlC9w77q4MGQB3e_znLsbnYkaQ0hB52SatAa6SSyM4ddnHmbyvbhwMx5Tfs3qe-lnop5ij6hoSR_PkYpuMPPU1UosrnqnrAUQh6euZHatICF9oi=s0-d-e1-ft" width="550" /><br />11/8, Information in Consenza.<br /><br /><br /><img alt="Bari camper helleniko (73)" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEjuXFFAYOVHIGOJGemkrQttqfL0cuNjUxg4MXmSZt5EfoVjpH8X-MZQHxCB6oEc6MQplb8M0DF1p_vVnHRujsbgmsodqUXygb_NgRdS-xB6d4P5Oz3WWYtiqZKVLfQlnMojc5XKIz4gyg7-GN6XnXYMWAgVVDMwJtDGFi3xws32PeFsXaRgDsaqQoymxvH1etJZMFkT=s0-d-e1-ft" width="550" /><br />11/9 Arriving in Bari.<br /><br /><img alt="Lecce camper helleniko (75)" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEgj7RGOtZJx_HXb0gvC9XDViMIIrNpRPAO-pb2v1n3Fj-1W29as4JrmVR_7c1NndpKeigiSP1J7EFvniKilh-2oROBAwyoqI72kMSlSAp8Vk_Ns-K6DgAXptqciVSb9m5SjkN9sQNBVxb0hHwP8NCwArG0jCcqfIckoEPhp27rYEQ7h9Y4XWSDlgfrcf2cHNMR2agc9fw=s0-d-e1-ft" width="550" /><br />11/10, Arriving in Lecce.<br /><br /><br /><img alt="Lecce camper helleniko (78)" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEhrfoaL9M1l7DwI-xzVdqq9CnYuVlAga1X5xPpRvH_RYQh_N5e8r4JGOETfFycQRFBP4MYoUFXHJcztxq30guXaqNltPaw-h41l812AwSGBiKt2PWqvDFGSViNS6yOqsnHd2DcO4hSNpYgIm2zYKIwgEYY0Dd-4kn4ae-DbllLbZjl2T6XdauzbVLFh2QQypTDYk5yGNg=s0-d-e1-ft" width="550" /><br />Civilian information in Lecce.<br /><br /><br /><img alt="lecce camper helleniko" height="453" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEgCBcDIa6QbaaRYuCYbZPtk7hepiXJxdjC1z_iTDeKFKBNvMO8F3cRRDgpGOrVxU3OEwrZU1k-_zDLNLgD-AQ02rWDLfRMDxp2RzsvrAQowiLBVg_CE5i-iJpIvEiWDs-CcAF81sBFgvmfA4izelm6e3lLuS5LVaZ1VHdCTzhVzm8kc0Zi7IwlMiw=s0-d-e1-ft" width="680" /><br />11/10, Conference in Lecce.<br /><br /><br /><img alt="Lecce camper helleniko (90)" height="453" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEiMGhxw_vDkpysomc4DXqSPHdSuYmfb4UQLJukq-rljcp3w5qKcq47kiV412og3Em0QGQN8WCw3pUmonodT_Wc_FZ-Zkq8QfWPc-Nhuh35E0e9bQaiUE22ZefTPQ_OCebF4NELcV920snRqFSTtNMW58JQrietSgmWsZMYMtyoyCWmTr780pgRaGyESjQ=s0-d-e1-ft" width="680" /><br />11/10,Lecce, Conference through Skype with our volunteer in Greece Christos Sideris.<br /><br /><br /><img alt="Lecce camper helleniko (81)" height="825" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEgdcAT8kje0MJv-3prrVlLzH2x5QuLLirQHVLoBnXPLgI4w-uIvLx3uNAehRQcIkEzcH_pHx6IEPZllgoi4KVajeXbc_rvXsQRVvKoytnOfAAjnyW6eC7C04nHC_OYNWO_-XJft5n_j8_wsMz5KiQ-g_BjlL6mmwWKPMdksdmeN-nrV7zyUD0lxH-5v4IrQdNamD-itTg=s0-d-e1-ft" width="550" /><br />A poster about the events held in Lecce.<br /><br /><br /><img alt="firenze camper helleniko (106)" height="825" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEgfKqmA8cmlml2aLTpjFbavZeQtRpC3H9paUYO5J0HdsC09_8Ijuc4r3HJYm7QAL7MxZPO1463T8thw8WF0nEPUms0zjMjiHximGfefmf9Wlw1Fi42R4jx5rb_qCj8US0dOUJunQQWgNxdVMSWc2g0KmzAvcSBOTxNjliK0n-rY_b01IxWapMOeSxVgmUjzm1xZlcRKLZEEWQ=s0-d-e1-ft" width="550" /><br />11/11,
Firenze, civilian briefing and live conference with the MCCH and our
volunteer doctor Giorgos Vichas, who spoke to the civilians who
participated to the meeting.<br /><br /><br /> <img alt="firenze camper helleniko (103)" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEhRuEfybSpNqszqB8JUz8LWSuj8Eu9s9Fqcc59TKFNkBWcpkWGlZohF3RNyu_8bDyLg6ojGfLOdOxa3uoGmYhQSggjaU-vulpxulALXLP2I1Sq2dzrzO0Sd16gL_-EYnmn5wM8DOvnz7dsAbAbjLfFcMsZ6e5FJQ0Pp_ipOjpUwvdRR65l52kN9LH3ldNj-MfZq4zIbgTKHpA=s0-d-e1-ft" width="550" /><br />11/11,
Firenze, civilians update, with the participation of our volunteer,
Ioanna Limperopoulou, who travelled to Italy especially for the Caravan,
and was accommodated by our italian friends.<br /><br /><br /><img alt="firenze camper helleniko (102)" height="453" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEiGclDe7QXR49yHOTwlmY2O5EX1KguMPg6WlXRaQxIKYcMZohiSYX-f7b38cOPBdVq0JjXQ337nSkBcQxC1bJFgGZSxTzFyeJ2182z98YfJHqGC14NAL7SZVmf_MemEIP8xWsFFmmLY4RTb0dRRKSqzkMMiymEhR-0Jjo_aLlsd7qjnXf2iPX9eq_1xA3sZVA=s0-d-e1-ft" width="680" /><br />11/11, Firenze.<br /><br /><br /><img alt="Firenze camper helleniko 1" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEiSXt3fixedSkY1xFuXVFv4WyGblKPPLwS-cUr3fNgBmRGwoBSYJ988Iqrxu2ogYDMoS-bMYXYqbMQODRcMCYfUaT54-6djIsfIGtGsUYTUTH0SpoG7i8CAOTgakolSCgEJzozXY0JfnlrfnNAUVfcKNqA5DMrh4ImOKLTEAyT8j4-lc2K-jg82Z4HzoVm3rskuT1IAMJk=s0-d-e1-ft" width="550" /><br />11/11, Firenze, outdoor civilians information and medications collection.<br /><br /><br /><img alt="Livorno camper helleniko (113)" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEgROy_a96JD9eHeZwsa6uI_UHt-2Py-Ktsf4VZPpQ9_i_plTPBBDwCGjw9aLN7A57eK-M42wd267x_cL3wRIM-ByxJK8ug7ZqBdGdblffXeDQl5R-wiA9uMy61ytl0eKdh3r8MIfYpJeLqxhq8ZLQGofGdVNdBJ7e4KfnTQxUk695LdH2D949P6h4H2aPFbFSnm_0vAHhsAqg=s0-d-e1-ft" width="550" /><br />11/12, Livorno, meeting for the information of civilians. Our volunteer Ioanna Limperopoulou took part.<br /><br /><br /><img alt="http://www.mkiellinikou.org/wp-content/uploads/Livorno-camper-helleniko-112.jpg" height="421" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEgwPU1fim0ZlSr9fP7_ZzexiT9V0Yl80Gn0UkVEvNI-dd6WdUW14sCanvm4dDw_uZ1yoh6i5d-5GCb1vPQruK0hFtv8juF8TazGklMl19h-RkAo_qGL1Z7DS5vbCLZfOOjIz947c7h8tbGHm2viVYtpwxJNkWb46sK8D0bfpc6_8i4MJ9uLjXT7bzbrrwa3cQ=s0-d-e1-ft" width="561" /><br />11/12, Livorno, our volunteer, Ioanna Limperopoulou in the middle.<br /><br /><br /><img alt="Mantova camper helleniko (124)" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEhhfAT7_mMdGk_s9RI11Ji_jFd_xmznTkfeZgnG4MPo7pwKBBoTdG68AP7dB0XnD4Ma-AoEqP6G4hywlRdAqd45Hv03-TEsfJvTruQCYPDeZLbNM_gVuUGunfh7vi9EjPvqP6SqvTT_mCnaeKa_TjENjskegcJ4-LiWFVql7NGCsWEsDTktIVrvBdFQAbvQtLSP6pfuuHU4jQ=s0-d-e1-ft" width="550" /><br />11/13, The Caravan arriving in Mantova.<br /><br /><br /><img alt="Mantova camper helleniko (116)" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEhmId_-pSmhc31JLpMDxzjNBAwNjKgrKW9XaZcY4ZBq7_4iCwrekTgaTFgRLqpSi-K5PpDII_dCczBEFuJGI_IeeUOu7l6v2RuZGMnrxF1G9uyF4L2EL4e8SUbTgMqGne-n5inK33lMr-KLZ2zPowTA15g1jptYSbhhyphenhyphenblZSicv0-xto2IDxKBLyJj3Iqp5EgDZmGUwhsrkkA=s0-d-e1-ft" width="550" /><br />11/13, Civilian information in Mantova.<br /><br /><br /><img alt="Torino camper helleniko (131)" height="825" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEioyWclw5zTcLUpqGQJv9dIUdn-E8oInF6nGE-FyYzd3d-F9VXBpusmWW-KykMrI0lgVTHMmw099wwuBHLiD9fRof-zKU6CO85KJdKppiToGg6Y7JU1OB_yl10beZQZIgLLfE-9rej55mM0KBd71fqrLolnAajcCCe0-jaaV74-HQ4mTIdrF_6O7socepfR5Qie9iV-BtSj=s0-d-e1-ft" width="550" /><br />11/14 Torino, our volunteer Ioanna Limperopoulou informing civilians.<br /><br /><br /><img alt="Torino camper helleniko (126)" height="825" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEgziEcC-7yQAiG-b27zLL1b0JxkwVdzXqJmRSbBuvhC3sbwsBvE2y_P0ywwddqoCvfwniVby5eYqABsoe9HAdCrTMViiZLNiTOgX6ZhRepoPSwP9th7F5zZqL_llhD4aUvwNF2pTdwCMnfOvXa0Wh18IC9tYXvqd3Pa77z2Re7Q0XjaaqNi4QTel28dBSnsT_3dcJXV-2GV=s0-d-e1-ft" width="550" /><br />11/14, a poster about the Caravan events.<br /><br /><br /><img alt="Torino camper helleniko (132)" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEgEVgJExejRSBnACPShBrhALlLp88VM9tIk-d8gRm77anETxd-jMx81yz9sjQ84fAe8_CV1B2Gc5G7kqhMeVykWvGMBSZS7QmSw-T2Lxpt2Mjl78jB7wrfEAYwAE2ABkfIIL-cm0EEDfVDGwI1GxPYaO8BvZZaER0KbRQ_ddBHd65Bi8p1emuBKFiCyrkcRenn7PfcYssL0=s0-d-e1-ft" width="550" /><br />11/14, Torino.<br /><br /><br /><img alt="Livorno camper helleniko (108)" height="825" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEjnAPf3KXgz-P5vdBeEYCMNUfqXURe0F6EwLLDxamXyX0mgqDEsvSE_h8T372m_LPlIdwItDHXAXTL0wQck1LSx_kEKDrqYS08djLSoKQ4hetYMbfYPpKCIQsSJZNjj311w70mu-109CsJXZM9W76Vxu_gC-Rn7LfUT2yrfJYSfLY0-gZYuXm2mlvgD1d6HLNTAE6tLrgJ4Tw=s0-d-e1-ft" width="550" /><br />11/19, The Cravan's last destination, Genoa.<br /><br /><br /><img alt="Genova camper helleniko 2" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEiF_QW4gsLH5pxnSCYmspLYqNPbq6b7owTOrDGunUDDTi57C_dxPsRN5tYOGiNNoPPFRp1517UnXjJD65RQh3omtNEWcZ50MLs6G0dsu2k-bR3SN9VKxPP_KyegnY1NdWZzbOChU5Sb88WXHxT6IwzRU6Lp5HIbRS4_uKp4i5sDA1BmCd99vLza35M_klT5Iy0nL3UJ_g=s0-d-e1-ft" width="550" /><br />11/19, Last destination, Genoa.<br />
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Police of the Municipality of Helleniko, next to the Cultural Center of
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<span lang="EN-US">This time,
it was a 40 year old uninsured mother of two young children from Mytilini. She died from a stroke because she<b> didn’t
have the money to pay for medication</b>. The 40 year old hadn’t been taking her medication for some time now because
she simply couldn’t afford it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The policy
of excluding our uninsured fellow citizens from health care means that human
life is endangered and often lost because of the indifference of the Greek Ministry
of Health and the government. At a same
time that banks and lenders receive billions of euros,<span style="color: #0b5394;"> <b>the government can’t
spend 700 million euro</b></span> (according to the Greek Minister of Health, that’s all
it would cost) to help 3 million uninsured citizens.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">At our
clinic we often see, patients who come to us after not being able to obtain
(often for months) the treatment or medications necessary for their
health. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">For how
much longer do we have to measure the dead who could have been saved with a
modest expenditure? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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prosecutor investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of this 40 year
old woman?</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">We want to
emphasize that the Metropolitan Community Clinic at Helliniko has conducted a
study which proves that even from an economic point of view, it is in the
interest of the state to provide medical care to uninsured citizens. You can read more about that <span style="color: #0b5394;"><a href="http://mkie-foreign.blogspot.gr/2014/02/press-release-investing-in-future.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Source for
the news about the death of the 40 year old woman is: </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.emprosnet.gr/article/57467-i-ftoheia-tis-sterise-ti-zoi" target="_blank">http://www.emprosnet.gr</a></span><span lang="EN-US"> (in Greek language)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">It is with great pleasure that we announce the addition of the “Health
Monitor” as a new complementary feature to our web page </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.mkiellinikou.org/">http://www.mkiellinikou.org</a>. Through this new link, our volunteers try to
report the most significant recent facts pertaining to the field of Greek <u>public
health</u> as such issues are published in the mass media. Our sources consist of press reports, but
also complaints that reach independent volunteer community clinics, all of
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<span lang="EN-GB">The aim of the<b> Health Monitor </b>is to be a
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with the Greek Public Health and the policies around it as they have been
formed in our country during this economic crisis. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">We started gathering information in experimentally
in July of 2013 and have re-doubled our efforts in 2014. We try to add to this data-base of
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steadily deteriorating because of the inhuman policies that the Troika
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The reports are monthly and are divided into 13 categories: <b> Public Health, The Greek National Health
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Are you suffering from hepatitis <u>and</u> you’re uninsured. You’re out of luck!! But, take comfort, you’re not alone…. This is the sweet message that the Greek
Ministry of Health seems to be giving; we confess it makes no sense to us
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">On<b> 11 March</b>, we sent to the Ministry of Health, and also to the General
Secretariat of the Government an <b>urgent letter </b>asking them to find a solution
for <b>eight hepatitis</b> <b>patients </b>who have come to our door. We also sent notification regarding the eight
by fax to the office of the Minister of Health as well as communicating the
problem to them in person. It is a
problem that seriously affects public health.
<b>We haven’t gotten a response as yet.</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Unfortunately, our clinic cannot provide these patients with the extremely
expensive medication that they need, without fail. So these people are facing dire complications
and there is a<b> lurking danger that they may transmit their disease to others as
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">We are therefore pleading once more with the Ministry of Health – and
this time publicly - for what should be <b>OBVIOUS</b>. That these people <b>must be given the proper
medical attention at once </b>and there should be a commitment by the Ministry that
other such cases will be covered by the Greek Public Health System. Doing otherwise puts our society in great danger. This attitude by the Ministry is not only
insensitive, but is also astonishingly irresponsible policy. <b>Patients with serious and contagious diseases
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt;"> From:<b> </b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><b>Metropolitan
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EL;">Date: 2014-03-11 15:36 GMT+02:00<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt;"> Subject: </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Emergency</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">ppeal</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">for</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">medication for patients with hepatitis </span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EL;">Β</span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"> <span lang="EN-GB">and hepatitis C<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">minister@yyka.gov.gr</span>, Adonis Georgiadis <<span style="color: #0b5394;">g-adonis@otenet.gr</span>><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Helliniko</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt;"> 11/03/2014<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><b>TO THE HEALTH MINISTRY OF <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">GREECE</st1:place></st1:country-region></b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt;"> / </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Minister of Health, Mr. Andoni
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt;">SUBJECT: <span style="color: red;">Emergency </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: red;">appeal</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">for</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">medication for
patients with hepatitis </span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EL;">Β</span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"> <span lang="EN-GB">and <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt;">The Metropolitan Community Clinic at Helliniko makes
an <b><u>urgent</u> </b>appeal for the immediate attention to the very serious issue
treatment of patients with<b> active hepatitis B or C.</b> Uninsured patients do not systematically receive
their treatment regimen. They may
receive it sporadically or not at all.
And this has consequences for themselves and for the community as a
whole. Treating the disease with <b>Copegus
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cost. The voluntary community clinics
often find it impossible to supply this specific therapy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt;">The problem usually concerns young people, and creates
a chain reaction of problems for the patients themselves and for the community
as a whole. It should promptly be given
the appropriate solution, which is access to the correct drug therapy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt;">The question of these specific drugs was put to you in
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Currently, we have <b>eight patients battling these
illnesses. It is impossible for either
them, or us to cover the expenses of these medications.</b> <b>We –they – need your immediate help.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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The findings of the research by <a href="http://www.ipsos.com/public-affairs/" target="_blank">IPSOS Institute</a>, which
focused on the last six months with the reforms of the Greek Ministry of Health still
taking place, are 'a slap in the face' of Mr. Adonis Georgiadis (Greek Minster of Health).</div>
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The research was presented by Ms Tina Tripsa, head of IPSOS
in Greece, at the conference of the Financial Times, which was held in
collaboration with the Greek Society of Health Services Administration and
Boussias Communications. The main theme of the conference was the economic
crisis and its impact on Health.<b> The basic conclusion is the existence of deep
inequalities among Greek citizens regarding their access to health services and
the increase of the private expenditure of patients for their medical
treatment.</b></div>
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The survey was conducted during March in Athens, in
Thessaloniki and in various other Greek cities, through telephone and
face-to-face interviews. 624 Greek citizens took part, aged from 25 to 70
years, who have used health services in the last six months, either for
themselves or for their children, while 40% of the cases involved chronically
ill patients. 308 doctors from the NHS, EOPYY and the private sector
participated in the survey as well.</div>
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According to this research,<b> it seems that those who have
been hit the most are the chronically ill.</b> <b>71% of the patients who have lost
their public medical insurance rights while on long term treatment, will not be
able to go on with their treatment without having to pay for it in its
entirety</b>, according to the doctors' estimates. Doctors consider that 29% of
them could continue their treatment if they turn to voluntary social services
such as community clinics. However, <b>44% of the chronically ill who have lost
their insurance are estimated to have their treatment already interrupted.</b></div>
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When asked "Have recent developments in the public
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in what way?" <b>4 out of 10 patients with chronic and rare illnesses have
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40% continue with the treatment, however they have to pay
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26% missed certain doses.</div>
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25% had to pay out of their own pockets for medicines and
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24% stopped taking accompanying drugs.</div>
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20% discontinued the therapy for a certain period of time.</div>
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<b>As a result, in 33% of these patients there is disease
progression, 11% relapse and 14% show symptoms due to the discontinuation of
the accompanying drugs. </b></div>
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Greeks had to pay extra for medicines or doctor visits, while doctors and
patients alike found that the quality of public health services today are worse
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recent measures of A. Georgiadis do not promote equal and fair access to the
public health system. <b>Specifically, 73% of the citizens and 81% of the doctors
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This is the depiction of the situation experienced by Greek
citizens in a health system rundown by austerity policies. As Ms Tripsa noted
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However, Mr. Georgiadis in his speech at the same
conference, praised once again those who are ministers "during the
memorandum era" and argued that "the real heroes of the times are the
ones that keep Greece standing -and we did so by saying 'yes' and not by
various trifle such as the 'heroic no' and the blackmail of Europe and the
like"... As for the claim that the whole world recognizes the progress of
the country besides the Greek journalists, <b>the numbers of yet another research
seem to refute him</b>.</div>
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<b>Source (in Greek):<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: HI; mso-font-kerning: .5pt;"> <a href="http://www.isarkadias.gr/40550/uncategorized/vathies-anisotites-ke-chiroteres-ipiresies-igias-gia-tous-ellines/">http://www.isarkadias.gr/40550/uncategorized/vathies-anisotites-ke-chiroteres-ipiresies-igias-gia-tous-ellines/</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US">A Rebuke to <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Greece</st1:place></st1:country-region> and the
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<span lang="EN-US">On 11
January 2014, the European Parliament passed resolution<span style="color: #0b5394;"><b> 17-0240/2014</b></span> with the
title<b> “Aspects pertaining to employment and social divisions connected to the
role and actions of Troika.”</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The
resolution is a<b> slap in the face of <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Greece</st1:place></st1:country-region> as well as the Troika.</b> Among other things, it mentions that the
European Parliament has been set aside while the Central European Bank has
taken decisions outside its jurisdiction.
This resolution points out obvious mistakes in the proceedings
concerning Troika’s role and they also point out that in the programs they
planned<b> failed to take social factors into account.</b> In this way, the vulnerable portions of the
population have been hurt while unemployment has steadily climbed to alarming
levels.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The results
of such a “scheme”, which was based on a<b> faulty financial multiplier,</b> are self-evident
in our country. Poverty has reached the
working class and the middle class, while poverty among children is constantly
rising. At the same time, the increase
in mortgage defaults and foreclosures of homes steps heavily on human
rights. The whole situation is worsened
by the cuts to the lowest salaries and the <b>across-the-board cutbacks in health.</b> As the resolution points out, <b>the reforms
have had a serious impact on the overall quality not to mention plain access to
health and social welfare services.</b> This
is especially true in countries such as <st1:country-region w:st="on">Greece</st1:country-region>,
<st1:country-region w:st="on">Ireland</st1:country-region> and <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Portugal</st1:place></st1:country-region>. <b> Essentially the right to health has been
totally ignored.</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.mkiellinikou.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Metropolitan Community Clinic at Helliniko</span></a> was founded because of this denial health
services to the most vulnerable in our society.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The
European Parliament has gone a step further and is urgently recommending the EU
to take immediate action to re-establish the basics of social protection and to
take drastic measures towards this goal.
It also has called upon the European Commission, the ECB and the Euro
group to <b>review and revise, where necessary, the stern measures that have been
implemented - and to accomplish this without delay. </b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">In
addition, the European Parliament<b> insists that they adhere to the legal obligations
spelt out in the Treaties and the Charter of Fundamental Rights and that any omission
to do this will constitute a violation of fundamental laws/rights of the
EU. </b> It calls on the Agency for
Fundamental Rights of the European Union to examine in detail the impact of
these measures on human rights and to submit strong recommendations whenever
they feel that the Charter has been violated. <b>
They also urge Troika and its relevant member states to stop destructive
measures as soon as possible and to establish mechanisms for crisis management.</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">They go on
to ask that the Commission and the Council<b> to look into social imbalances and
correct them by paying equal attention that they give to macroeconomic
imbalances</b> and to make sure that any adjustments <b>are socially just and do not
fail to keep a balance between economic development and employment, and between
the implementation of structural reforms and fiscal consolidation. </b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Among the recommendations
given to the <b>Commission and its member states</b> is a recommendation that <b>spending
on health and education should be considered an investment that can lead to
recovery. </b> <br /><br />Finally, the European
Parliament recommends conferring with and giving heed to the needs of the
public - to listen to organizations of patients and professionals which are trying
to protect vulnerable groups and to give them access to services and medicines.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">We
earnestly hope that the attention will be given to this resolution of the
European Parliament. After all, every
day, we work with the needy and uninsured who turn to us for medicines and
health services. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">May the voices
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><b>“7.9 billion Euro given as a guarantee to two banks, but 700 million Euro
cannot be found for the three million uninsured citizens”</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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there is money to support banks, but finding funds for the lives of citizens is
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">At the end of this past December, - according to the Greek Governmental Gazette
3319(27/12 2013) and 3379 (31 /12 /2013) the Greek government has provided
cover for bond guarantees amounting to<b> €3,609,600,000 for Alpha Bank and €4,280,000,000
for Eurobank/Ergasias.</b> That is, the
Greek state is guaranteeing a total of<b> €7,9 billion which is added to the
national debt of our country.</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">During the same period, the budget of the Greek Public Health System
(ESY) was dramatically reduced. The
results of these severe cut-backs were reported in one of the world’s leading
medical journals, “The Lancet” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">From the 2009 through 2010 one third of programs aimed
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distributed to drug users were decreased by 10% and 24% respectively, with
expected results: the number of new HIV
infections in drug users increased from 15 in 2009 to 484 in 2012. Preliminary data for 2013 indicates that
tuberculosis rates have more than doubled from 2012.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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resulted in the reduction of a number of local initiatives such as programs to
spray against mosquitoes which, in combination with other factors, has brought
malaria back to mainland Greece for the first time in 40 years.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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state’s budget for hospitals has<b> decreased by 26% between 2009 and 2011</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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spending for medications. The goal was
to decrease expenses from 4.37 billion in 2010 to 2.88 billion in 2012 (the
target was met) and to 2 billion in 2014.
However, this has come with unforeseen “side-effects”. Some medications are impossible to obtain
because of delays in compensation to private pharmacies (which are the main
distributors of medication subsidized by the Greek public health system). This has created unsustainable debt burdens
for the pharmacies. Additionally,
pharmaceutical companies have stopped supplying certain medicines altogether
because of unpaid bills and decreased profit margins.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the Greek public health system increased from 3 euros to 5 euros. The co-pay amount for prescribed medication
increased 10% or more, depending on the condition treated. 2014 saw a new fee of one Euro per
prescription (regardless of the medication prescribed).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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since funding from the Greek state has been cut by 20% between 2010 and 2011
and by a further 55% between 2011 and 2012.
Meanwhile, studies show an increase in cases of major depression from
3.3% in 2008 to 8.2% in 2011. A
significant cause for this is often economic hardship. Additionally, attempted suicides have
increased 36% from 2009 to 2011. Deaths
from suicide have increased by 45% in the years 2007 to 2011. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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rose from 28.2% in 2007 to 30.4% in 2011.
More and more children are malnourished</b>.
The 2012 report of the United Nationals stressed that “the right to
health and access to health services is not respected for all children in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Greece</st1:place></st1:country-region>.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the number of under-weight infants between 2008 and 2010.</b> Researchers from the Greek National School of
Public Health have reported a <b>21% increase in stillbirths between 2008 and 2011
which is attributed to reduced access to pre-natal health services. Infant mortality increased by 43% between
2008 and 2010. The increase in deaths
indicates reduced access to timely and effective health care, both during
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of imposed change have constrained the capacity of the public health system to
respond to the needs of the population at a time of heightened demand. The
foundations for a well functioning health-care system need structures for
comprehensive accountability, effective coordination and performance
management, and use of the skills of health-care professionals and
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt;">So, we ask the question – <b>how is it possible for the
state to finance banks with billions of euros, but think nothing of making
dramatic cuts to the Greek public health system, education system, pensions and
wages.</b> The Greek Minister of Health
publicly admitted in parliament (on Friday, 7 March) that the<b> total annual cost
to provide access to the Greek Public Health System for the 3 million citizens
who are presently outside it is only €700 million. Why is it that the government can guarantee
7.9 billion for two banks, but can’t find 700 million to save human lives?</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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put lives at risk, but lead to needless deaths on a large scale?</b> <b>Meanwhile, the ordinary people who have bowed
to austerity measures in order to repay the country’s lenders find themselves increasingly
cut off from the health system. The
powers-that-be choose to pour additional billions into the banking system which
before the crisis had large profits of even more billions. Doesn’t seem right, does it?</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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newspaper “The Independent” which reports on the Lancet’s study can be found on
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<b>Another Generous Donation from Greek-</b><span style="text-align: left;"><b>Australians</b></span></div>
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On Saturday 8 March we had the great pleasure to welcome to MCCH Mr. Constantine Papagianopoulos, a representative of the Greek-Australian organization <b>“Ambassadors of Greece”</b>. He brought, for the second time in seven months, a significant contribution of medications for the clinic.<br />
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It is gratifying and important for us to see people respond and become active to help those most vulnerable in this time of crisis – especially when it is done by Greeks from abroad. The “Ambassadors of Greece” made their first donation in September of 2013, collected in cooperation with the Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne and Victoria thorough eight Greek schools.<br />
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This time, the donation came from the “Ambassadors of Greece” working in cooperation with the members of the Cretan Fraternity and the Greek community of Melbourne<br />
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Below is part of a letter from our Greek-Australian brothers which came with their generous and supportive donation.<br />
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<b>Today, once again, the Greeks of Melbourne are at your side. The Ambassadors of Greece have informed us of your sacred mission carried out by all the volunteers and doctors at the Metropolitan Community Clinic at Helliniko.</b><br />
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<b>With the cooperation of the members of the Cretan Fraternity and the Greek community of Melbourne, we collected 12,890 AUD for the purchase of needed medications</b><br />
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<b>We donate this to you with much love, from far-away Australia and we hope in this way to help the needy patients of your clinic. We purchased the medications in Greece, and in this way, we are trying to bolster the Greek economy</b><br />
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<b>Our support will continue in the future. Together and united, Greeks from all over the world, as Ambassadors of Greece, can accomplish a great deal.</b><br />
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The efforts of the “Ambassadors of Greece” demanded a high level of coordination and a tremendous effort at every step. All of our volunteers and our patients deeply thank our Greek-Australian compatriots who have shown us love in action. <br />
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<span lang="EN-US">From the 28<sup>th</sup>
of February through the 2<sup>nd</sup> of March, representatives from a number
of movements from throughout Europe met in Madrid to discuss “The New Abduction
of Europa.” For three days after long
discussions of problems, listening to different opinions and considering the
specific problems of individual countries, they endeavored to come to
conclusions as to how the various communities should face the key social
problems that affect us all.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Then groups
were formed that tackled problems, such as public health, evictions/foreclosures,
public debt, the privatization of public assets and utilities such as water and
the environment. They delved long and
hard into all the aspects of the challenges to the democratic institutions of
each country. The Metropolitan Community
Clinic at Hellinko was represented by its volunteer and co-founder, Dr. George
Vichas, cardiologist.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to Dr. Vichas,<b> this meeting represents an essential step toward unifying the communities
across Europe with a common vision so that they can strive together to create a
community that will be able to take the destiny of its peoples into its own hands
–a community based on fundamental human rights, on justice, on solidarity and
democracy.</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Greece
stands out by being the most exceptionally shocking case in Europe of inhuman
policies applied in the realm of health.
Dr. Vichas’ descriptions galvanized the representatives of other
countries such as Spain, Italy, France, Austria, Ireland Germany and the United
Kingdom who all agreed that the present situation in Greece is especially
lethal. They seemed to agree that in due
time, if present policies are pursued, other European communities will follow
the same catastrophic path as Greece and that sooner or later, other
populations will be decimated. Their
impression of what is happening in Greece, as far as health is concerned, made
them very uneasy and determined to strive together to avoid such a fate. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">As far as
medical services are concerned, they quickly reached an obvious clear vision:
the necessity for:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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access to public health FOR ALL.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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relationship of mutual respect between patient and doctor – without the
domination of either. The doctor has to treat
the patient as an individual and not as another example of a disease.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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care should be practiced by avoiding excessive use of medicines wherever
possible. Medical technology must not be
allowed to exceed medical knowledge and experience, and without excessive use
of medical tests.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">In conclusion: Health should be a
public asset and concerns the whole of society.
So we, the citizens are the ones who manage its proper development. The representatives of the movements that
were present undertook to convey back to their communities the new visions and
ideas reached at this meeting – which will, of course, lead to further discussion. We at MCCH will follow these discussions through
social networks. The main point is that
it should be an ongoing, continuous discussion and exchange of information by
all those involved social movements in Europe. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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MCCH is an unfunded organization. The
costs for our participating in this conference were covered by the hosts
“<span style="color: #0b5394;">Fundacion De Los Comunes</span>” – who we warmly thank.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6694893707914309730.post-39727956186392894702014-03-10T12:35:00.002-07:002014-03-11T08:09:29.284-07:00Uninsured Cancer Patients Require Dignity and Humanity <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">We didn’t choose to publish the harrowing experiences
of a cancer patient and her family. But
George Komakis wanted to speak out. He
is a man whose only purpose is to provide the person in his life with the<b> care,
dignity, humanity</b> she deserves in her final days. George Komakis is not a stoic example of one
facing fate. Rather he decided to speak
out on the problems he and his wife are facing for the sole sake of
<b>highlighting the problems that the uninsured face when dealing with cancer.</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The 64 year old Mr. Komakis has been unemployed for
more than eight years. He did odd jobs
and up until 2011 and was able gain some work days under IKA (the main social security
carrier in Greece). Since then, however,
the couple has been uninsured.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">In September of 2013, his wife became ill and was soon
diagnosed with lung cancer, which quickly metastasized throughout her
body. Mr. Komakis, like every uninsured
citizen,<b> was obliged to sign an undertaking to the public hospital in order for
his wife to be admitted to the hospital and to receive care. These undertakings were a promise to pay the
full cost of hospitalization and medicines provided for his wife. If he cannot pay, the debt will be automatically
passed to the tax authorities and the money owned added to his tax debt.</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Mr. Komakis didn’t hesitate to sign. His only goal is to see his wife cared for
with <b>dignity and humanity in her final days.</b>
He is not working - he’s with her 24 hours a day. Soon the state will be chasing him to recover
the debt. What then? “Absolutely nothing,” he says. “I have nothing, no assets, what will they
do? Throw me in prison?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><b>This person chose to show the public what the uninsured
face. He asks only that his wife be
allowed to die with dignity – and certainly we are entitled to that.</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">We took this case to the Ministry of Health and asked
that they <b>settle the debt and cease hunting down ALL uninsured citizens</b>. The uninsured suffering from severe diseases<b>
can not cover the costs of their illness – much less the long term unemployed. </b> The state must <b>cease its inhumane and
devastating behavior toward individuals who are simply unfortunate and ill.</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Mr. Komakis does not have the resources to pay for
“what comes next.” He can barely think
of life without his wife of more than 40 years.
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volunteers. In it, Mr. Komakis testifies
as to the difficulties they have faced.
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find an abbreviated translation of what he had to say.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">My name is George Komakis. We are here in hospital because my wife is a
cancer sufferer We discovered this in
September when we went to a general practitioner. She completed three cycles of chemo-therapy
and seemed to do well. Suddenly one
morning she awoke with a severe headache.
We came to the hospital and she was admitted on the 3<sup>rd </sup>(of
February). The cancer had spread. She could not talk, could not communicate. There seemed at times to be some improvement
– but she is in a very difficult state, as the doctors told me. The doctors are doing all they can so that
she is not in pain. I have no complaint
against them – they are doing all they can.
My problem is that we are uninsured. I have been pressured to sign
certain affidavits that we will cover the expense. It was a difficult negotiation to get her
admitted to and keep her in hospital. It
seems to me that every person has a right to care and to be comforted for as
long as they can live. For whatever reasons
a person is uninsured, it seems to me that they don’t lose that right. I was able to have my wife and myself insured
for much of my working life. At this
point, we are not insured. It is
shameful that anyone should be left to die in the street simply because they
are uninsured for whatever reason. We
have to look and see how we can help cancer patients who are in their last
stages . That’s all I have to say. I hope I can be understood. I am trying to help my wife, who is in the
last stage of her life.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The hospital asked me to sign a promissory note for
the hospitalizations and at some point, they will attach that to my tax
obligation. I signed it – I didn’t even
read it. I don’t even care what it says; I was just trying to get my wife
admitted to where she could be cared for. I don’t care about anything else<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">What do I want from the Ministry of Health? I’d like them to be considerate – if not of
all, for at least the cancer patients who cannot fight; to be understanding and
sensitive to the agony of these families and help them. These are short periods of time for a few
families and a few people They might
survive days or months, and then they’re gone. That’s the problem. That’s the
humane thing to do. That’s what I ask
for. As every person should whether they
insured or uninsured. That’s it. I don’t know if people will understand
me. At this point, I’m interested in my
wife leaving this life in a humane way - nothing else </span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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street philosophers. That is the only conclusion
for anyone carefully following the public debate concerning the abolition of
EOPYY (National Organization of Health Providers), and the fate of its doctors,
and supplanting it with PEDY (National Primary Healthcare Network). But the Greek Minister of Health is up to his
old tricks again: confusing the issue by
distortion – about what is happening at EOPYY and generally to the Greek public
health system.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">We will, once more, lay out the facts and so prove
that the Health Minister, Mr. Andonis Georgiadis,<b> is lying systematically and
shamelessly</b> – especially about recent
past events.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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clinics of EOPYY for a month because the doctors and the support staff were on
strike. This is simply a <b>lie</b>. As of <b>13 September 2013</b> he had already
announced to journalists that the possibility existed that the country may be
without primary health care for the insured. The following day he back-tracked,
stating “There won’t be a time without primary health care”. Which is it?
However you read it, he has been caught with his pants down. Finally, what he had first declared has
indeed happened.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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already some uninsured patients are accepted in the Greek Public Health system
an cited the example of insulin patients who had already received their
medicine from the hospitals.<b> But he is still
being economical with the truth, because it simply never came to be</b>. The uninsured diabetics are left on their
own. Those unable to afford their
insulin and required supplies (testing tapes, etc) suffer a slow and torturous
death.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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be accepted by PEDY, would be allowed to see a doctor and be examined (but not
a word about their needed medicines). We
have carefully read all of Law 4238 and especially Government Gazette no.
<span style="color: #0b5394;">38(17/02/2014)</span> and uninsured patients are not even mentioned.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The purchase of
health services for the <u>insured, </u>for pensioners as well as their
dependent family members, of insurance carriers as defined by Unified
Regulations for Health Provision, (Gov. Gazette no. </span><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">90380/25916/3294 (Β΄2456)</span></i></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><b> as amended.</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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PEDY will be available to the uninsured is in Article 1 – specifically:</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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citizen regardless of their economic, social, employment or <u>insured status</u>,
and place of residence, through one, universal decentralized National Primary
Health Care Network (P.E.D.Y.) organized and operated in accordance with the
provisions stated herein. </b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">There is no
reference, anywhere in the law as to what is meant, in practice by UNINSURED
patients “</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">regardless of their economic, social, employment or <u>insured
status </u>and place of residence” Of
course the Minister could mean that the uninsured will qualify for doctors
examinations (by the physicians of PEDY) and <b>NOT </b>for lab work or
medication. It’s not clear what is
meant. But one thing is sure, the
uninsured will qualify for<b> piecemeal assistance</b> and that is not of much help
(as with the health voucher program).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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working with PEDY has to abide by, then things become even more difficult for
the insured (let alone the uninsured).
Co-pays will be reduced, and more money will be paid out of pocket.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">4) We have stressed repeatedly that a large percentage
of the uninsured are completely cut off from access to the Greek Public Health
System. This is resulting in needless
deaths, for the sole reason that patients don’t have the money to pay for
treatment. We at MCCH see the results
every day with uninsured cancer patients – and others. Even the insured are experiencing cut-backs in
the Greek health system, finding it more difficult to acquire medications. The most recently publicized example was the
case of a seriously sick child on an island.
The local hospital could not supply the medication needed and the
Ombudsman stepped in to assist. </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: ArialMT, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">(source </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #1155cd; font-family: "ArialMT","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">http://www.synigoros.gr/?i=health-andsocial-welfare.el.farmaka.157736
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our clinic we often see (and accept) <b>insured</b>
patients with welfare health booklets, who have been “booted out” by public
hospitals, because they don’t have the medication to give them. The reason for this is that the public
hospitals are <b>consistently under-funded</b>
with the result that they can’t supply needed medications to their patients.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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of the above clearly shows the <b>unacceptable situation that the Greek Minister
of Health is trying to cover up with lies and misstatements</b>. Every day, the doctors in our clinic deal
with the results of these inhumane policies implemented by the Greek public health
system. The patients who are completely
cut off from the system come to us (and other volunteer community clinics) to
find solutions to their problems. The
lies of the Minister of Health add <b>cruel insult to the injury of those
experiencing these tragedies every day. </b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Unfortunately, political and financial
centers have recently been trying to beat down solidarity efforts in the most
insidious way. Initially they ignored them, but after realizing that they pose
a threat to the established system, they tried mudslinging and imposing
"law and order". They accomplished nothing, as society's reaction was
direct and immediate. Thus they have started to implement a new plan, much more
sinister and insidious, since they are actually <b>turning solidarity itself against the people!</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">How do they manage that? By a very clever
and simple way: They abolish public hospitals and clinics, they fire doctors
and nurses and they leave the uninsured without any access to the National
Health System, as well as many of those still insured, in such a dire financial
condition that they are unable to contribute their share of drugs and tests'
cost. At the same time, <b>they create structures naming them “Social Health
Clinic”, “Social Pharmacy”, “Social Grocery”, “Social Tutoring”, even “Social
Nursing Home”, that do not rely on solidarity, but on temporary EU funds (NSRF)
to actually replace (or, to be more precise, to give the impression that they
replace) the NHS or other welfare state structures.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">In the Health sector, these structures
that are essentially municipal clinics - pharmacies etc, accept money from the
European Union and some of their staff receive a small pay, while many are
working voluntarily. This means that we have structures that offer only <b>a
small percentage of what the National Health System is supposed to offer</b>,
at a low cost (for the state and the EU) since their staff is either unpaid or
receives a pittance. In short, the message that the state is trying to pass is <b>"volunteers
will do everything".<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The <b>truth</b> is that <b>volunteers
(and/or “volunteers”) cannot do everything</b>. Community clinics and
pharmacies are EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS that neither intend to nor are able to substitute in the least, structures such as
the National Organization for the Provision of Healthcare Services (IKA /
EOPYY), let alone secondary health care facilities such as public hospitals or
mental institutions.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The massive creation of
"social" clinics - pharmacies receiving money from the EU and / or
the state, only manages to <b>hide the problem</b>. True, solidarity based
community clinics - pharmacies, besides offering health services to suffering
people, also highlight the reasons that force people to come to them and of
course they demand the existence of NHS, for the simple reason that they know
that community clinics can never replace it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal;">Unfortunately, many
Municipalities, Associations, NGOs and others, have been following the trend by
creating the above structures. </span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal;">Some make
money on the backs of citizens who suffer, but also on the backs of truly
voluntary structures</span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal;"> like our
own clinic (which receives no funding and does not intended to become a
permanent structure or an NGO). In fact, they refer patients to us, although
they are getting paid for each patient, while we work on a purely voluntary
basis -just because they know that we can not leave anyone at the mercy of
illness.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US">We must not let citizens' solidarity
become a weapon turned against our own interests. When some have already
reached the point of suggesting there's a need for "Social Nursing Homes”,
then surely we must all think about the monstrosity that is being created.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Finally, let us wonder how come the
Minister of Health is pleased to receive help for the National Health System
from Greeks abroad and to distribute it to public hospitals, while at the same
time he defends the banks and lenders who claim every last cent, cut from
education, health and other social benefits. <b>This is called degradation, not
solidarity.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY CLINIC AT HELLINIKO<span style="color: red;"> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> <span style="color: red;">Working Hours</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">(MONDAY - FRIDAY 10:00 - 20:00) </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">and (SATURDAY 10:00 - 14:00) </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">CONTACT PHONE NUMBER: <span style="color: red;">+30</span> <span style="color: red;">210 9631950</span> </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">ADDRESS: Inside the old American Military Base, 200m away from the Traffic Police of the Municipality of Helleniko, next to the Cultural Center of Helleniko</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Post code TK16777, Elliniko, Attiki, Greece </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Blog </span></b><a href="http://mki-ellinikou.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #6699cc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-decoration: none;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #336699;"><b>http://mkie-foreign.blogspot.gr/</b></span></a><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"> Email <span style="color: #336699;">mkiellinikou@gmail.com</span></b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">This pamphlet answering some basic questions about
insurance issues should have been done by the Ministries of Health and Labor
and Social Security. Instead it was done
by a small, newly formed group of volunteers at the Metropolitan Community
Clinic at Helleniko formed to look into “the rights of unemployed and uninsured
patients”. These few volunteers gave
their time to create this informative list that should have existed and been
placed in every public building long ago. We would hope that the state could
devote some time and effort to assist their fellow citizens impoverished during
this economic crisis with simple and inexpensive services, such as this<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">FALSE: </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">If you are
unemployed, you are automatically uninsured as well.<b><span style="color: red;"> </span></b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">TRUE: </span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: -45.35pt;">There is
some protection for the young and those over age 55.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: -45.35pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: -45.35pt;">Between the ages of 18 – 29 young people who
have a card that shows that they have been unemployed can have an IKA (Public
Insurance) health booklet which is renewed every six months up to the age of
29.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: -45.35pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: -45.35pt;">The long-term unemployed (12 months
or more), who are above 55 years old and who have 3,000 “stamps” (equivalent to
insured days worked) from whatever source can be given a health booklet from
IKA to be renewed yearly.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: -45.35pt;"><br />However, for the
unemployed aged 29 to 55, it is a different story.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: -45.35pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: -45.35pt;">On becoming unemployed, an individual must
register with the Manpower Employment Organization (OAED), during which he has
some unemployment benefits and insurance.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: -45.35pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: -45.35pt;">If they are unemployed continuously for one year and registered with
OAED, they can then apply for insurance for an additional two years from the
insurance carrier with whom they have the most work days.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: -45.35pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: -45.35pt;">Verification from the insurance carrier is
required, regarding the number of days worked.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: -45.35pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: -45.35pt;">A decision from the Greek Ministry of Labor this year will give an
additional annual extension to the above form of insurance for those who have
already acquired the right to the additional two years.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: -45.35pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: -45.35pt;">So, someone unemployed from the ages of 29-55
has one year while under OAED, and can then apply for two and perhaps three
additional years.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: -45.35pt;">.</span></div>
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over 67 have a pension for the elderly<b><span style="color: red;"> </span></b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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citizens over the age of 67 can apply for a pension from OGA (the </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: -45.35pt;">Agricultural Insurance Organization)</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: -45.35pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: -45.35pt;">providing
they have no other pension, have lived in Greece for the last 20 years and have
an extremely small individual annual income not exceeding 4,320€ or a family
income not exceeding 8,640€. It is not a
requirement that the applicant was ever employed in the agriculture sector</span><br />
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of financial incapacity (destitution) is issued by the social services of the
municipalities to whoever asks for it.<b><span style="color: red;"> </span></b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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municipalities only at the request of a public service for someone in a
destitute condition. The document is
issued after investigation into the status of the individual, including checking
the tax return.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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booklet of someone who is uninsured is different from the booklet of someone
receiving welfare.<b><span style="color: red;"> </span></b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">TRUE: </span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">The two types of health book are exactly the same.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">FALSE: </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">A booklet for
the uninsured can be obtained by all uninsured citizens.<b><span style="color: red;"> </span></b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">TRUE: </span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">The booklet for the uninsured can be obtained by Greek
citizens (or those of Greek origin) who reside legally and permanently in
Greece, are uninsured and are in financial need. Foreigners with a residence permit issued for
humanitarian reasons (health) recognized political refugees and those who have applied
for refugee status which is currently under review by the Ministry of Public
Order can also apply. There are also a
variety of special categories, such as a) children staying in care units or
institutions b) those fleeing civil war
and political upheaval and their dependents c) monks and laymen of the Holy Monastery
of Sinai and Greek clerics from the various patriarchates d) uninsured single
mothers and their children, e) children placed in foster homes f) people
admitted to specific state supported rehab centres either as resident patients
or outpatients.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> The annual family
income must be under 6,000 € (with 30% more for a spouse and 20% more for every
minor dependent) provided that such income does not come from a source that
provides insurance. This designated
income can be increased by 50% for those having a disability of 67% and
above. It is issued by the municipality
and is valid for one year. In exceptional
cases, such as emergency hospital admissions, the booklet may be issued after
the fact.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">FALSE: </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The
certificate of social protection is the same as an unemployment booklet.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">TRUE: </span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">No, they are not the same. The certificate of social protection is
issued only if there is a proven health problem and for very specific
categories, such as diaspora Greeks in the process of becoming citizens or
foreigners with residence permits given for humanitarian reasons, EU member
state residents or foreign born spouses of Greek citizens as well as their
children. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">FALSE: </span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">An unemployed student is uninsured<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">TRUE: </span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Eligible undergraduate and graduate students of public
education institutions are entitled to medical and hospital care under the
public health system. This applies to
nationals, and foreigners. They have
access to the public health system for a period equal to the minimum time for
completing their degree plus half. Graduate
students of public universities have access to the system during their time of
attendance, increased by half. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">FALSE: </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">No supporting
documents are required to obtain an unemployment card</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">TRUE: </span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">In order to receive an unemployment card from the
Manpower Employment Organization (OAED), one has to present the following 1)
The last official receipt of taxable income, or failing that a copy of the last
income tax return. 2) A bill from a utility or fixed telephone and
a copy of a lease agreement which has been submitted to the relevant tax
office. 3) An official ID (Identity card, passport etc).
4) An official document showing the AMKA number (social security number). 5)
Residence permit or work permit for unemployed nationals of other countries. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">FALSE: </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Those insured
by OGA (Agricultural Insurance Organization) are not required to make insurance
contributions. </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">TRUE: </span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">OGA provides medical and hospital care for those directly
and indirectly insured. Those insured
pay into OGA relative to the years insured and the insurance category to which
they belong.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">FALSE: </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The Health
Voucher can be obtained by all citizens and they can have cost free access to
the public health system</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">TRUE: </span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">By making an application to a Citizen Service Center one
can receive a “health voucher” providing they meet the following
conditions: 1) They were once insured,
either directly or indirectly, by an institution of EOPYY (National
Organization of Health Providers) 2) Their annual individual income does not exceed
12,000 € or 25,000€ for the family. 3)
They have either Greek citizenship, citizenship from another member state of
the European Union or they are a national from any other country and has a
legal resident status.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">The Health Voucher
provides free access to the health system for medical examinations, visits to
doctors or primary care clinics which are contracted to EOPPY or primary care
units of the public health system (clinics or hospitals), and for diagnostic
tests from diagnostic centers - again
contracted to EOPPY or primary care units of the public health system (clinics
or hospitals).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">The Health Voucher is
valid for eight months for a total of three visits. Pregnant women, in addition to the above, can
be referred by a physician for a basic package of pre-natal tests each
trimester throughout the pregnancy. As
above, these exams are for diagnostic centers contracted to EOPPY or primary
care units of the public health system (clinics or hospitals). Diagnostic examinations and evaluation for
pregnant women will track throughout the pregnancy. If a woman obtains the voucher in her first
month of pregnancy, the voucher lasts nine months and the woman is entitled to
7 visits. If services start in the 3<sup>rd</sup>
month, 6 months and 5 visits, and 3 months and 3 visits after the 6<sup>th</sup>
month.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">FALSE: </span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">All the uninsured can self-insure – that
is, purchase extra insurance units. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">TRUE: </span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Those insured under IKA (Greek Social Security system)
before 1993 may apply for additional insurance provided they a) don’t work b)
have completed 500 work days within the 5 years preceding the discontinuation
of IKA insurance. The application must
be submitted within 12 months of the last day insured. For those with 3,000 days or more of insurance,
an application can be made at any time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">For those insured
after 1 Jan 1993, they must have completed at least 1,500 insurance days, of
which 300 are in the last 5 years before submission of the application. The application must be submitted within 12
months of the last day insured. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Contributions are based
on the average of the last years salary before the discontinuation of
compulsory insurance . For those insured
by OAEE (for free-lancers and self employed) in order to self insure, they have
to have stopped their activities with OAEE.
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">FALSE: </span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">All immigrants have a “pink card”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">TRUE: </span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">The “pink card”, is officially called a “Certificate of
Asylum Request”. When an immigrant
requests asylum with the proper authorities, he will be given a certificate of
asylum request, which will have his/her photo and allow the asylum seeker to
stay in Greece. With this card, he has
free medical and hospital services through the public health system. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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