DAILY POLL: What will the elections in Prague decide?
Zdeněk Bílek
Director of the FYZIO Clinic, Prague
Zdeněk Bílek.
I logically think about the issue closest to me, and that is healthcare. Unfortunately, this year will take place again in a difficult period, if I compare it with the previous ten to twenty years.
I firmly hope that covid will not surprise us again in the autumn with higher numbers of patients in hospitals, in any case, if so, I consider it essential what plans individual candidates have for this eventuality. Have we ensured a flawless start to COVID test sites so that the queues we know from the entire previous COVID period do not arise again. The same goes for vaccinations. In order for the vaccination centers to be ready in time and we in our center did not have to deal with the tens of meters long queue of people who want to be vaccinated every day. These situations are always at the expense of our fellow doctors and nurses.
It also occurs to me that the topic of migration has been growing stronger again recently. It is not just the fugitives from Ukraine that he talks about almost all the time. However, I am already registering foreign reports that suggest that the food crisis caused by the war in Ukraine could trigger a new wave of migration from Africa to Europe. If this happens, there will be nothing left but to react to this situation. I would be interested in the prepared strategies of candidates for municipal elections, how I plan to prepare for such a situation. It is possible that this will be one of the main topics of 2023, however, preparations will have to be discussed with us – medical facilities – at the end of this year.