President Nikos Christodoulides on Monday night touted forthcoming “daring reforms” in Cyprus’ well being sector.
He was talking at an occasion organised by the Cyprus sufferers’ associations federation (Osak) to mark European sufferers’ rights day, and stated the reforms are “anticipated quickly” with quite a lot of items of laws within the pipeline.
One such reform would be the creation of an ombudsman for the well being centre, which he stated can be applied throughout the yr.
The ombudsman, Christodoulides stated, can be tasked to “make sure that the 14 ideas of the European sufferers’ rights constitution can be applied in Cyprus.”
The 14 rights outlined within the constitution embrace the proper of entry to healthcare and the rights to preventative measures, data, consent, free selection, privateness and confidentiality, respect of sufferers’ time, security, to complain, and to innovation, amongst others.
He added that these 14 rights “should be recognised and, most significantly, totally revered in each nation, not simply by means of good phrases and good statements, however by means of insurance policies.”
He stated that different forthcoming reforms will “provoke reactions” amongst some however stated their “sole goal is the safety of Gesy, which is the biggest social reform seen in Cyprus thus far.”
On the success of Gesy, he stated that “nobody anticipated such a serious reform to work with out issues”, and that the federal government intends to deal with the present points confronted by Gesy.
“There may be necessary work now we have to do as a state, however I consider that because the adoption of the sufferers’ rights constitution, necessary steps have been taken on this nation, primarily due to the work carried out by Osak,” he stated.
He added, “now we have an obligation as a state to take heed to individuals’s wants and to do our greatest to defend sufferers and their rights.”
