Roughly 600 progressive/specialised medicines nonetheless are usually not included in GESY and because of this 1000’s of sufferers are inconvenienced.
Marios Kouloumas, president of the Cyprus Federation of Affected person’s Associations stated the scenario is unacceptable and famous that the Federation has despatched a letter to the Well being Minister expressing their robust protest but in addition concern about the truth that practices of the previous are nonetheless in place as we speak. The Federation additionally requested the Minister to speed up all processes.
For instance Kouloumas talked about {that a} affected person affected by most cancers has been authorised to start therapy however has to attend as much as two-three months, which on this case is a really very long time.