Statement by Angelos Kassianos, Dr. in Health Psychology, on issues regarding health and the elections
25TH May 2021, AKEL C.C.
The crisis created by the pandemic has answered in the most emphatic way whether we need a better and more efficient state.
We need policies and structures for prevention, the promotion of health and social welfare.
We need quality public health, a strong and efficient health system.
We need strong public hospitals, socially beneficial, properly staffed, reinforced with all the necessary clinics and specialized units with their infrastructure upgraded.
We need Health Centres to fully cover the entire population.
We need a National Medicines Agency for effective and quality medicines, Intensive Care Units in all hospitals.
There is an urgent need to increase the resources for the mental health of the population, to improve, staff properly and further develop the infrastructure that concern mental health.
Health is not a commodity. It cannot and must not become a commodity.
It is AKEL’s longstanding position that the right to health, the right to life is non-negotiable.
That is precisely why we will continue to struggle.
On 30th May, we strengthen those struggling for every person in this country to have the right to quality care, the right to quality public health.
On 30th May, we strengthen AKEL.
Let’s move forward.
With clarity, honesty and sincerity.
