A brand new well being scandal surfaced on Friday concerning the embezzlement of greater than €30 million for neurolysis over a interval of two years, with remedies allegedly skyrocketing from 100 per 12 months earlier than Gesy to 4,500 after the nationwide well being system was launched.
Paphos mayor Phedonas Phedonos, who reported the case in a video on social media, mentioned the cash might have funded the renovation of Paphos’ basic hospital.
In his video, Phedonos mentioned that 4,500 neurolysis remedies have been carried out in 2023 at a price of over €17 million, whereas for 2024 up to now there had been 3,300 remedies at a complete price of round €15 million.
These remedies, he mentioned, mustn’t have price the taxpayer greater than €1 million.
Phedonos defined that every remedy prices €3,200 for the physician’s payment and clinic expenses, whereas consumables have been valued at €1,200, in comparison with €268 for a similar supplies in Greece.
The mayor mentioned some conscientious docs reacted to the price of consumables and so they have been later lowered to €650.
Replying to Phedonos’ experiences, state well being organisation director Athos Tsinontides mentioned no such grievance had been obtained and referred to as on anybody with info to return ahead.
Neurolysis is the applying of bodily or chemical brokers to a nerve with a view to trigger a brief degeneration of focused nerve fibers. Within the medical area, that is mostly and advantageously used to alleviate ache in most cancers sufferers.
