Europe: The President of SYRIZA, a political party in Greece, Alexis Tsipras, mentioned access to medicine is a need of life. Access to medicine is not like access to any other commercial product, it is a necessity of life.
He took to his official social media account and highlighted in the statement, “Access to medicine is a need of life. The government shows tolerance to drug store speculation and parallel exports. Access to medicine is not like access to any other commercial product, it is a necessity of life.”
Access to medicine is a need of life. The government shows tolerance to drugstore speculation and parallel exports. Access to medicine is not like access to any other commercial product, it is a necessity of life.
It cannot be based on the logic of the operation of the markets, on which no one can intervene. Moreover, once again, the government is letting a problem morph into a crisis, either from administrative incompetence or ideologies.
There is a tolerance in the operation of pharmacies proceeding with parallel exports of formulas to the European market in order to speculate, because Greece has secured a low price.
Once again, we see the well-known excuses from the government: That it is everyone else’s fault except those responsible for ordering controls on the market. It’s doctors who overprescribe, it’s parents who stockpile medicines for their kids, and it’s China and India’s fault for curbing raw materials, but not the government’s fault.
He mentioned in the further statement, “We face a serious health risk, and we call on the government to intervene immediately with market controls and a ban on parallel exports to ensure adequate.”
On the other hand, Alexis Tsipras also shared the information that he had an interactive engagement with the Bureau of the Association of Greek Archaeologists for the Parthenon Sculptures: “You can’t borrow something that belongs to you that has been stolen from you. We ask for immediate clarification that no one will move out of the country’s permanent position,” he said.
