Greek Health Minister Makis Voridis stressed the need for increased expenditure on health through an internal redistribution of the budget on an interview with ANT1 TV station. He said that he would continue the work of the previous leadership of the ministry and acknowledged the efforts and achievements of previous minister Adonis Georgiadis.

“We will gradually start settling all the issues,” he said. Regarding the National Organisation for Health Care (EOPYY), he said that the situation is better compared to the past but “a lot of things still need to be done.” On drugs and the participation of the insured in the cost of medicine, he noted there should be “a balance between the insured and the tax payer.”

Regarding the deregulation of drugs, he noted “there is enough competition to bring down the prices” and pointed out that the whole system should be improved to secure transparency and that no money would be wasted.