Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-12-18-Speech-4-013"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-12-18"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Discrimination against MS patients2
dcterms:Language	"es"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20031218.1.4-013"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-12-18-Speech-4-0142
lpv:speaker	lp:María Luisa Bergaz Conesa2
lpv:spokenAs	member; EUL/NGL (2003-07-24--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America and Mexico (2003-09-01--2004-07-19)3 substitute; EMPL (2003-08-29--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Temporary committee on improving safety at sea (2003-11-26--2004-04-21)3 member; PETI (2003-09-01--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Izquierda Unida (2003-07-24--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (2003-08-29--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2003-09-01--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I would firstly like to thank Mrs Aaltonen for her wonderful work, approved unanimously in the Committee on Petitions. I hope it will also be approved unanimously in this House. It is important that we deal with these health problems, in response to this citizen’s petition, relating to the discriminatory treatment of patients with multiple sclerosis. We are aware that many chronic long-term illnesses do not receive satisfactory attention, and the treatment offered to these people is currently insufficient. This report contains proposals for resolving the situation of people suffering from multiple sclerosis in all the member countries, not only therapeutically, but also by proposing effective services to deal with the other needs suffered by these patients, as well as their integration into society, applying effective therapies and treatments which modify their illness. It provides these patients with useful information and support, things which are very important to them. I will illustrate what I have said by means of an example. In the Spanish State there are 40 000 people suffering from multiple sclerosis. Some are as courageous and constant as Mrs Louise McVay, and I would give the example of Martí i Pol, a Catalan writer who died recently and managed to overcome and live with his illness thanks to the solidarity and help of everybody around him, not just family, but the whole of society in general, his people and his region. It is an absolute priority to dedicate funds to research programmes aimed at finding a solution to this disease, in all the Member States. The GUE/NGL Group supports the report in its entirety, as well as those amendments which we believe will provide solutions for alleviating this disease. Furthermore, I would like to stress the importance of the Committee on Petitions, which maintains relations with the citizens and makes it possible, by means of their petitions, in some cases to produce reports like this one aimed at improving aspects of their daily lives. I would like once again to express my gratitude for this valuable report, which we hope will have effective results in the Member States, by means of the proposals which the Commission will undoubtedly make."@en1
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