Pope Francis made his first public appearance on Sunday and took this opportunity to support global health insurance.
The 84-year-old was speaking on the balcony of the hospital suite at the Gemelli University of Rome. He stood with several sick children who were nursed in the hospital and told about his hospitalization experience.
On July 4, the Vatican announced that Pope Francis had responded well to the operation, which was his first major health challenge as Pope.
Pope Francis said that “good health care should be provided free of charge for everyone” and “why children must suffer is a touching question.”
Good medical care is very important to everyone. Everyone who is sick and hospitalized must receive the best medical care. Everyone’s life is very precious, and no one should be ignored. In order to make health care more effective and accessible to all, we must also make a huge contribution.
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Pope Francis said: “During the days I was hospitalized, I once again saw how important it is to have a good health care system that everyone can use, because it exists in Italy and other countries.”
“Ensure a well-served healthcare system, [and is] Everyone can visit. This valuable benefit must not be lost. It needs to be retained,” he said.
As the world continues to fight the new variants of COVID-19, Pope Francis also called for “pray for all patients, especially those in the most difficult conditions.”
World Health Organization The universal medical insurance is defined as everyone “can obtain the health services they need at the time and place they need, without financial difficulties. It includes a full range of basic health services, from health promotion to prevention, treatment, rehabilitation and palliative care.”
A December 2017 report by the World Bank and WHO stated that “at least half of the world’s population does not have access to basic health services.” In a column in the Washington Post in December 2019, the former prime minister of Japan Shinzo Abe and WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that they “are committed to achieving universal health coverage so that everyone can get the health services they need without financial burden. Hardship.
Abe and Ghebreyesus also pointed out that “at least half of the world’s population still does not have access to basic health services, including basic sanitation facilities, the ability to see health workers, or safe, effective and affordable medicines.”
United States It is the only country in developed countries that does not have universal health insurance.
