In a shocking post, well-known chef and TV host Ilias Mamalakis lays it all out … regarding the inhumane treatment the Mitsotakis government has meted out to the KETHEA community.
Elias Mamalakis was an elected member of the independent former Board of Directors of #KETHEA, which was dissolved in November 2019, so that a government-appointed Board of Directors could be installed.
The latest a criminal choice the government, which, through a draft bill, aims to deregulate KETHEA by a scaling back of programs and a shift in philosophy of the therapeutic community—a choice that «screams» that the goal is to involve private individuals in what have been, until now, «dry» and free rehabilitation programs—sparked the his strong reaction.
In a Facebook post titled «KETHEA is coming to an end,», Elias Mamalakis speaks his mind and cuts right to the chase.
The well-known chef and author points out, in fact, that he knows his post will cost him—or may have already cost him. «But that’s just who I am. If something bothers me, I say it publicly,» he notes.
He writes in detail:
«KETHEA is coming to an end.".
I served on the board of directors of KETHEA for six years
Elected by the plenary session of the general assembly
They all quit at once replacing us with a board appointed by the Ministry of Health.
The elected former board of directors consisted of distinguished scholars in the fields of medicine and law, as well as individuals actively involved in the treatment of substance dependence.
Also The concept of independence is inextricably linked to self-governance
With the general assembly playing a leading role.
Which consists of the employees and the parents' and friends' associations of KETHEA
Members who have recovered from addiction and are in the reintegration phase, as well as former members of the boards of directors.
In other words, a a pluralistic assembly.
Now comes the second phase of weakening of the organization, which will gradually weaken it completely until it is likely absorbed by OKANA
KETHEA's fundamental principle regarding addiction treatment is dry treatment
No substitutes, no psychiatric drugs.
Unlike OKANA, which simply provides a substitute for the primary narcotic substance
It is possible that both the minister and the prime minister were misinformed, and that some people politicized the elected board of directors.
Perhaps they should have a more objective—or perhaps personal—opinion in order to understand that everyA person's political views, whatever they may be, do not affect their work in addiction treatment
This post is probably... it might cost me—or maybe it has already cost me
But that's just the way I am.
»I'm saying this publicly because it's eating away at me."
https://www.facebook.com/deathangel.ilias/posts/10223272209568086:1
