Rejecting Trump’s proposal.. Denmark compares health care in Greenland and America
Rejected Denmark and Greenland, its autonomous territory, proposed Donald Trump Sending a floating hospital to the Arctic island that the American president aspires to annex.
Danish Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen said in a statement to Danish television: "Greenlanders receive the health care they need, either within Greenland or, if necessary, specialized treatment, in Denmark. There is no justification for a special health initiative there."
Free health care in Greenland
The Trump After Danish forces transported a crew member of an American submarine off the coast of Greenland to the capital, Nuuk, after his health condition required urgent care.
The Polar Command announced in a Facebook post that the evacuation of a crew member to a hospital in Nuuk was due to an emergency health condition.
As in Denmark, health care services are provided free of charge in Greenland, which runs its own health system, but relies heavily on Danish personnel.
The Arctic island includes It has 5 regional hospitals, and Nuuk Hospital receives patients from various parts of the region.
Without explicitly referring to the American proposal, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen expressed "Her happiness to live in a country that guarantees free and equal access to health care for all, where neither insurance companies nor wealth determine whether a person receives decent treatment"
She added in a post on Facebook: "The same approach is applied in Greenland"
Expensive care in America
US President Donald Trump wrote on his platform "Truth Social" On Saturday, he announced that he would send a floating hospital to Greenland to care for the many patients who are not receiving care.
But Greenland Prime Minister Jens Fredrik Nielsen responded on his Facebook page, saying: "Our response will be no thanks"
He continued: "We’ve taken note of President Trump’s idea of sending a floating hospital to Greenland"He pointed out that there is a public health system in Greenland that provides free care to the residents of the region.
He added: "This is not the case in the United States, where going to a doctor is expensive".
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