Visit to the house of John, one of the thousands of citizens served by the new home delivery program high -cost drugsmade the prime minister on Wednesday Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
Through the program, which was put in place In full application by EOPYY In mid -June, they are now running about 10.000 Home Deliveries of PEK per month, while overall more than more than 83,000 deliveries of formulations, including missions to periphery structures.
The service is provided free of charge, serving primarily patients with chronic diseases and difficulty moving, who no longer need to suffer to take medication necessary for their health. In the near future, it will be expanded to surrender to a pharmacy in the beneficiary’s neighborhood.
Giannis, who suffers from cystic fibrosis, explained to Kyriakos Mitsotakis the positive impact of the program on his life, as he is no longer obliged to suffer each month due to the transition to an EOPYY pharmacy and waiting for his treatment, which has upgraded his quality of life.
“It is a new initiative, very important compared to what was happening in the past,” Kyriakos Mitsotakis said. ‘For me it was a matter of principle to be able to have other ways of delivering such drugsespecially in patients who should not suffer in pharmacies. And of course, the more they receive them at home or tomorrow and from their pharmacies, the tails will be smaller because one can choose – for their own reasons – to go and pick up the medicine from the pharmacy, “the prime minister continued.
The importance of transplants was still emphasized with his sister John, her Anna, which also suffers from cystic fibrosis, To emphasize that “we did not have lung transplants in Greece before 2020.”
“We see slowly but steadily increasing the numbers of transplants in Greece. We were on the bottom of the bottom, as you may remember. But I think the donation of the instruments has become much more socially acceptable. This, of course, wants a constant support from the state. Not only general education but also when, the non -born, there is a brain death that doctors can know how to talk to the family, in his environment, so that they can make this difficult but saving decision, “the prime minister said.
“We will also have the opportunity to inaugurate the Transplant Center in Onassios. It is practically ready, they will inaugurate, we are planning them within the next two months and this is another important contribution of the Onassis Foundation, “Kyriakos Mitsotakis added.