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| 3.4.2004 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | CE 84/168 |
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3.4.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

CE 84/168

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(2004/C 84 E/0206)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0151/04

by Alexandros Alavanos (GUE/NGL) to the Commission

(27 January 2004)

Subject:   Shortage of intensive care units in Greece

Subject:

There is a significant shortage of intensive care units in Greece. Under the Second Community Support Framework (CSF), measure 1.1 of the health section of the Health and Welfare Programme provides specific appropriations for the modernisation of intensive care units and the creation of new units.

| 1. | How many intensive care units were planned when the Health and Welfare Programme was submitted under the Second CSF? How many were created and how many of those are now operational? |
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How many intensive care units were planned when the Health and Welfare Programme was submitted under the Second CSF? How many were created and how many of those are now operational?

| 2. | How many units planned under the Second CSF were not completed? |
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How many units planned under the Second CSF were not completed?

| 3. | How many completed units are not operational and why? |
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How many completed units are not operational and why?

Supplementary answer given by Mr Barnier on behalf of the Commission

(5 March 2004)

(5 March 2004)

The Commission can inform the honourable Member that no measure of the Health and Welfare Programme of the Second Community Support Framework (CSF) provided specific appropriations for the modernisation of intensive care units and the creation of new units.

Measure 1.1 of the said operational programme provided appropriations for:

| — | the creation of building infrastructure and the procurement of related equipment to meet the needs of postgraduate education and vocational training within hospitals, |
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the creation of building infrastructure and the procurement of related equipment to meet the needs of postgraduate education and vocational training within hospitals,

| — | the procurement of hospital and other scientific equipment for hospitals of which the (new or upgraded) building infrastructure was funded under the regional operational programmes, |
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the procurement of hospital and other scientific equipment for hospitals of which the (new or upgraded) building infrastructure was funded under the regional operational programmes,

| — | the procurement of equipment for the psychiatric departments of new hospitals of which the building infrastructure was funded under the regional operational programmes and the psychiatric units developed in existing first degree health care centres. |
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the procurement of equipment for the psychiatric departments of new hospitals of which the building infrastructure was funded under the regional operational programmes and the psychiatric units developed in existing first degree health care centres.

According to information received from the Greek authorities, the most accurate information available regarding the number of intensive care units in Greece is as follows. By the end of 1993 the intensive care units of all hospitals in Greece had 789 beds. Today, the intensive care units of all hospitals in Greece have 1 360 beds. Apart from very few exceptions, all of these beds are in operation. By the end of June 2004, the intensive care units of all hospitals in Greece will have 1 466 beds.

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