To Program “Prevent” reported the Minister of State, Akis Skrtsosproceeding to a confession for his family.
Mr Skertsos received the SMS for free preventive examinations of cardiovascular disease and referred to his father who had a 42 -year -old stroke.
“My father had the first heart attack at the age of 42. I was just 5 and my brother 8. Our mother at 35. I still remember the words of the doctor who saved him “Santa Claus fell from the White Tower, you stood up, you found a thousand”. So serious was the heart attack and he was so lucky and he was with him, ”Akis Skertsos writes in his post.
“He survived, thanks to the careful life he did and my mother’s care, from yet another heavy heart attack that came 16 years later, to lose him unfortunately in 2009, from the fateful breaking of his heart. I am still hurting his absence and I am deeply sorry that my son, who looks so much like his name, has not met him. Much would be shared by both of them, ”he added.
“As soon as I received this message from HIDA for my own preventive cardiovascular exams, and my thinking immediately went to you dad many things may have been different for all of us – but also for my own family – if our country had invested prevention earlier. We do it now. Even with a long delay. Utilize this great gift. Do the preventive exams that the state offers for free. A state that must take care of and protect. We need this. That’s why we work, ”Akis Skertsos concludes in his post.