Adonis Georgiadis spoke successful an interrogation with Direct and writer Giorgos Evgenidis astir the caller services successful hospitals, the simplification of waiting times, the governmental reactions helium faces, arsenic good arsenic astir Tempi, judicial developments, and the people of the country’s overseas policy.
The Health Minister said that helium had been waiting for the caller infirmary assignment work “like a small kid.”
“On the precise archetypal day, we received 162,000 telephone calls, portion the strategy could grip 10,000. The telephone halfway crashed, and I apologize,” helium noted, adding that a “call back” work was implemented. He stated that 50,000 appointments person already been booked, and a caller circular accrued disposable play appointments from 3 to 12.
Regarding infirmary operations, helium pointed retired that acknowledgment to the usage of wristbands and different measures, the mean waiting clip successful exigency rooms has been reduced from 9 hours to 5.5 hours.
Mr. Georgiadis was asked astir incidents of protests during his tours, saying that successful astir visits determination is simply a affirmative ambiance and helium is welcomed with flowers. However, “there is besides pugnacious unionism that doesn’t similar maine — it’s personal.” Referring to the incidental with the doc who refused to shingle his manus astatine the “Papanikolaou” infirmary successful Thessaloniki, helium said that this antheral represents a infirmary wherever €45 cardinal worthy of projects person been implemented.
On the taxable of Tempi, helium stressed that “a calamity similar that cannot beryllium underestimated, but the governmental exploitation of the contented was underestimated.” Regarding rumors astir hazardous materials, helium said: “There was nary xylene — let’s extremity this ‘xylene saga.’ If the freight bid had caught fire, it would person been visible.”
Speaking astir Mr. Routsis, who is connected hunger strike, helium said that helium has asked the National Emergency Aid Center (EKAB) to sojourn him daily, but Routsis refuses to acquisition aesculapian tests:
“I beg him to fto america analyse him due to the fact that we are disquieted thing mightiness hap to him.”
About Zoe Konstantopoulou, helium commented that “she has a governmental program to forestall the proceedings from taking place” and that Mr. Routsis “is 100% a unfortunate of guidance.” Regarding Ms. Karystianou, helium stated: “She has my implicit respect arsenic a mother. If blaming maine eases her pain, she should proceed to bash so. She is not my governmental opponent.”
When asked astir Greek–Turkish relations, the Minister referred to Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s caller instrumentality from the U.S.:
“If Mitsotakis had gone and returned without achieving anything, tin you ideate what would hap successful Greece? We are whiny and dishonest, portion we telephone Erdogan a ‘player,’ yet Trump shredded him.”
He estimated that “Greece is doing good successful overseas policy,” and helium specifically referred to Defense Minister Nikos Dendias:
“His caller program is fantabulous and bold. Mr. Dendias is pulling the Armed Forces retired of stagnation, taking connected the outgo of reforms. I can’t prevarication — it’s a visionary bill.”
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