Helliniko 23
November 2012
The Metropolitan
Community Clinic at Helliniko is steadily pursuant its efforts to offer medical
care to all those who have been cut off from any help by public institutions. It is also trying to communicate abroad the
agony, insecurity and despair felt by the patients who come to our doors.
MCCH has been in
contact in Greece, as well as abroad, with several institutions and even
individuals who have vouched their sympathy and support in our efforts to help
destitute patients the real victims of this crisis.
It in in this sprit
that the doctors of the French public hospital for Mental Health – EPS de Ville
Evard – have voted their support for the down-trodden Greek people.
It is hoped that
such a vote may be the springboard for a change from the negative climate in
Europe – a result of the propaganda of all those who wish to see us bow our
heads low and who paint us as “lazy bums” who deserve our fate.
MCCH stands firm in
its conviction that all citizens, whether insured or not, should be able to
obtain public health care.
Vote for the
Health Care Crisis in Greece
The doctors of EPS
de Ville Evrard wish to express their concern about the dire consequences that
have followed the present policy of the government in Greece. It is affecting the health of many people –
especially their mental health.
Such consequences,
not to mention the tripling of suicides, should make us all balk. The existing situation is the sole result of fiscal
policy and we should be concerned to see it spread to the rest of Europe.
We are deeply
shocked to see people in this country being denied proper health care – whether
it be because they lack insurance or as a result of nationality or religion. Such a neo-Nazi ideology should be outlawed
in Europe.
We wholeheartedly
support our Greek medical colleagues in their efforts to alleviate the
suffering of patients – especially those who have been affected mentally
because of the social insecurity.
