PM briefed by health minister on primary healthcare bill

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Prime minister Costas Karamanlis was briefed by health and social solidarity minister Dimitris Avramopoulos on Thursday on upcoming legislation that his ministry intends to unveil in the coming week, which he described after the meeting as a "broad and rich legislative work". Avramopoulos spoke of a major institutional change which "consolidates transparency in the wider field of health, and in the hospitals, and has to do with procurements", while he stressed that a bill on primary healthcare has also been drafted and would be tabled in Parliament. "Never before in the past, despite the efforts made, had we reached the desired point for the development of a broad network for primary healthcare, which is something that will act positively for the country's hospital network, providing services to the public at the closest possible point," he said.