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"Mr President, the report in question is remarkably rich and demonstrates a far-reaching ambition in the number of points it addresses. However, we know that we have neither the human resources nor the material resources to meet such a large-scale demand, and it seems to me that a certain modesty ought to guide our work.
It is true that, at a time when we are enabling everyone to benefit from technological discoveries and when we are concerned about the way in which energy and food products are distributed, it is high time that we envisaged the creation of a European bank for health and prevention. It is quite obvious that, within the countries that have recently joined the European Union, a large part of the population is excluded from public health systems. These people do not go and enquire about health care.
Should we not, therefore, think about health care coming to them by means of screening campaigns, vaccinations and primary care dispensed, regardless of gender, by mobile teams and equipment? While in our old European countries, in fact, the right to health care has become undeniable, the same cannot be said of these countries, where health and social protection is all too often aimed at those who have paid contributions so as to benefit from this protection. It is therefore the case that unqualified and unemployed men and women, elderly people and lone parents do not have access to the most everyday care.
Leaving aside the resources that might come from the Structural Funds, such as funding allocations for the health care structures already implemented in these countries, it is imperative to ensure that a minimum level of health protection is given to these sections of the community. It would be wise, therefore, to begin with the children, as we know that without prevention and basic health care during childhood, incurable problems can set in. Then, depending on the needs, it would be a case of treating as a priority those areas with the most significant pathological conditions and, finally, of extending the scope of the activities. If we want to aspire to action with a humanitarian dimension, that is our duty as MEPs and that is the duty of our Assembly. It is a challenge, admittedly; however, we must have the ambition to accept it."@en1
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