The Joint Ministerial Decision was signed yesterday by Deputy Minister of Labour and Social Security Panos Tsakloglou and Deputy Minister of National Economy and Finance Athanasios Petralia, by which the list of irreversible diseases is revised and expanded.
The specific decision on increasing the number of irreversible diseases, which will take effect immediately, includes a significant number of congenital and acquired heart diseases.
In practice, this means that a significant number of patients will be judged once by the EFKA Disability Certification Centres (KEPA) and the disability rating will follow them for their entire life, whatever that means.
The list of relevant diseases has been adopted upon recommendation of the Panhellenic Patients Association of Heart Diseases, as is known, a proposal that was supported by the National Confederation of People with Disabilities (ESAmeA) and voted unanimously by the Special Scientific Committee of the competent ministry about two years ago and now the time has come for its implementation, which makes the Panhellenic Association of Patients with heart diseases particularly happy.
The following link contains both the KYA with Prot. No. Φ80100/40417 and the revised table of relevant diseases: https://ypergasias.gov.gr/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/%CE%B1%CF%81.KYA-40417_17-07-2024- .