PRESS
RELEASE
Press
Conference by the
Coordinated
Voluntary Community Clinics and Pharmacies of Attika
Monday,
14 October
We, the
doctors, pharmacists, social workers, psychologists and all the volunteers who
organize and work in the community clinics and pharmacies for solidarity in
Attika have a number of questions to put not only to the Minister as Health,
but the entire government as well. The
questions are:
- How many people, who as a
result of unemployment and the four-year economic crisis have lost access
to primary health care?
- Is 1/3 of the population uninsured and therefore without access
to the secondary health system (hospitalization)?
- How many uninsured cancer patients have been excluded from
access to chemotherapy and radiation therapy, thereby endangering their
chances of survival?
- How many long term patients
have had their rights to kidney dialysis, blood transfusion and other
essential treatments and medication for their conditions terminated?
- How many patients with common
long term ailments, such as diabetes, diabetes mellitus, hypertension,
high cholesterol, have cut their therapy with tragic consequences to their
health?
- How many women have been denied
the right to give birth with dignity and with proper care because they
cannot pay the expenses of the formerly cost-free public health system?
- For what reason are medical
expenses for immigrants doubled?
We invite
the government to answer the questions above.
Until then, in resistance to the barbaric status quo, we of the voluntary
community clinics and pharmacies will battle to preserve our society, our
dignity and our hope. We keep faith in
community solidarity and hold the conviction that health is the highest social
good. Our actions are not acts of
charity, nor do we wish to give the message that people should quietly submit
and act out of compassion. Rather,
together we struggle for the right to public health and to reclaim cost-free
access to medical care for all.
We invite
you on Monday 14 October 2013 to a press conference sponsored by the
Coordinated Voluntary Community Clinics and Pharmacies of Attika. The press conference will be held at the
Journalists Union of the Daily Newspapers of Athens, Acadamias 20, Athens.
Coordinated
Community Clinics and Pharmacies for Solidarity, Attika
-Solidarity Clinic of Piraeus
-Metropolitan Community Clinic at Helliniko
-Community Solidarity Clinic and Pharmacy of
Athens
-Community
Solidarity Clinic of Peristeri
-Community Clinic
Filis
-Community
Solidarity Pharmacy of Patisia
-Community Clinic
of Agia Varvara (being
established)
-Community
Network of Doctors and Pharmacists of Iliou and the Solidarity Community
Pharmacy of Iliou
-Network of
Doctors of Kifissias/ Nea Erithraias
-Psychological
support Network of Community Solidarity Artemidas-Spaton
-The Manolis
Gereanos “Solidarity for All” Health Team
-Society of
Cancer Patients, Volunteers, Friends and Physicians
METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY CLINIC AT HELLENIKO
Working Hours
(MONDAY-FRIDAY 10:00-14:00) (MONDAY 17:00-20:00)
(TUESDAY 14:00-20:00) (WEDNESDAY 16:00-20:00) (THURSDAY 14:00-20:00)
(FRIDAY 14:00-19:00) (SATURDAY 10:00-14:00)
CONTACT PHONE NUMBER: +30 210 9631950
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
Post code TK16777, Elliniko, Attiki, Greece
Blog http://mkie-foreign.blogspot.
Working Hours
(MONDAY-FRIDAY 10:00-14:00) (MONDAY 17:00-20:00)
(TUESDAY 14:00-20:00) (WEDNESDAY 16:00-20:00) (THURSDAY 14:00-20:00)
(FRIDAY 14:00-19:00) (SATURDAY 10:00-14:00)
CONTACT PHONE NUMBER: +30 210 9631950
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
Post code TK16777, Elliniko, Attiki, Greece
Blog http://mkie-foreign.blogspot.
