[ad_1]
SYRIZA Health Department Head Andreas Xanthos speaks of “a major ethical and political problem created by the management of molecular tests”, demanding Majorkinis’ resignation.
Specifically, in a statement, the head of the department states that “today’s revelations about the decision of the Ministry of Health and the Administration of the 1st RAE to carry out molecular tests ordered by public hospitals in a specific private diagnostic center related to With a member of the Pandemic Committee, it creates a major moral and political problem for the government.
There is an obvious lack of management, lack of staff planning, and inability to supply reagents in a timely manner for public laboratories (EKEA, AHEPA, etc.). This, due to the tragic delays in the laboratory investigation of suspected cases and their contacts, already comes at a cost to Public Health. But where all the limits of audacity have been exceeded, it is the scandalous political decision to give the “work” and the public money to the “mortar”, without transparency, without criteria, without open invitation of interest, without equal treatment of private laboratories. certificates. Without shame!
The resignations of those responsible for this vulgarity are the least that can be asked. It is clear that Mr. Majorkinis cannot remain a member of the Committee of Experts.
The prestige and credibility of the Commission must be safeguarded, especially at this time of a pandemic outbreak. But there is a serious problem for the political leadership of the Ministry of Health and the government as a whole.
Unfortunately, the government of ND is doing everything possible to show that it is using the pandemic as an opportunity for selfish activities, discrediting the institutions, the scientific world, the people who honestly fight for public health.
Now even the most skeptical understand why SYRIZA’s proposal for an Inter-Party Committee of Parliament that would ensure transparency in special supplies, expenses and contracting was not accepted due to covid-19.
Professor Gika Majorkin’s answer
Speaking to ethnos.gr, Gikas Majorkinis, Associate Professor of the Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Athens, stated that he resigned from the private diagnostic center on his own initiative, when he was appointed to represent the coronavirus committee. . there must be thoughts of conflict of interest.
As Gikas Majorkinis reports to ethnos.gr: “With the fact that I was proposed to represent the Commission at the end of August, I stopped all cooperation with the specific center. I forgot my name on the website which was removed shortly after.” I became a representative, I have nothing to do with the Center. “
It is recalled that the 1st Health District, in a letter to all hospitals in Athens, requested that the samples for coronavirus tests be sent to the specific private diagnostic center.
“I have nothing to do with the 1st Health District (RA) and I didn’t even know that the laboratory center had been assigned the laboratory control of the samples. Besides, I’ve been missing for days.
“I resigned just so that there is not even the suspicion of a conflict of interest, even though I am a university student and I have every right to cooperate with the private sector as allowed by law,” said Gikas Majorkinis.
[ad_2]
