Even though Mr Georgiadis was repeating that the members of the government are chosen by the Prime Minister and his decisions are fully respected, he could not hide his disappointment for his removal.

The basic issues of the agenda of the Ministry of Health that Adonis Georgiadis will pass to the new minister Makis Voridis are the reduction of the profit rate of pharmacists and the access of uninsured to medicines and medical exams.

The reduction of the profit rate of pharmacists from 19% to 15% is one of the preconditions for the disbursement of the 2 billion tranche that must be dealt with by June 19 when Eurogroup will hold a meeting.

Mr. Georgiadis was trying to balance the situation so as to both satisfy the troika and not cause a new conflict with industry pharmacists.

The mapping of uninsured citizens and the access to medicines and hospitalization for about 1.9 million uninsured are issues that concern a lot the Finance Ministry, the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Labour and Social Security trying to find a solution.

At the same time, the Ministry of Health has to face the National Union of Private Hospitals. The measures of rebate and claw back of EOPYY require from private hospitals significant refunds.