AKEL hands 140 uniforms to doctors and nurses at the Nicosia Hospital
Statements by the Secretary General of AKEL A.Kyprianou during the delivery of medical uniforms to the Nicosia Hospital
AKEL C.C. Press Office, 16th April 2021, Nicosia
The General Secretary of the C.C. of AKEL, Andros Kyprianou, handed over today at the Nicosia General Hospital uniforms for doctors and nurses.
In his statements during the visit to the Hospital, the General Secretary of AKEL stated the following:
“In recognition of the services of medical and paramedical staff at the Nicosia Hospital, AKEL wants to contribute towards supporting public hospitals with a small contribution in uniforms for doctors and nurses.
We therefore hand over 140 uniforms for doctors and nurses, seeking to express our immense gratitude for the selflessness with which they are providing their services during this difficult time of the pandemic in Cyprus.
Public Hospitals need our support. They have taken on the burden of confronting the pandemic and we believe that each and every one of us and, first and foremost the government, must support them. Precisely because we realize that after the pandemic crisis public hospitals will face enormous financial difficulties, we believe that the five years that have been set, during which the state will support Public Hospitals (within the framework of consolidating the NHS), need to be extended. We call on the government to address the EU for an extension. We believe that there is a sufficient justification as the pandemic has accumulated huge problems in Public Hospitals and we must assert this demand immediately.
I want to congratulate you all once again for the work you do. Through you, I congratulate the doctors and nurses, as well as the rest of the staff and workers in the hospitals, who selflessly and with a lot of effort give their all to the Cypriot people “.
On his part, the Executive Director of the Nicosia General Hospital Kyriakos Georgiou thanked AKEL for its interest and support towards Public Hospitals and the health system in general and stated the following:
“Your presence right here is a demonstration of your practical support towards the staff of our Hospital who have been working for more than a year to respond to the needs arising from the pandemic, whilst at the same time serving all the other patients. We also express our gratitude, because your practical support and donation will help us resolve some of the issues we are facing, so that we can make our small contribution in this struggle, which we have to wage against the pandemic”.
