Healthcare should be
inclusive and not just the preserve of the rich, Pope Francis
told the Italian federation of paediatric doctors in an audience
in the Vatican on Thursday.
"May you always work with seriousness and dedication becoming
promoters of a culture and a healthcare that is based on
solidarity and is inclusive," he told them.
"In our time, prevention and treatment are increasingly
becoming the preserve of those who have a certain living
standard and can therefore afford it.
"I urge you to work so that this inequality is not added to
the many inequalities that already afflict the weakest ones, but
so that the healthcare system can ensure assistance and
prevention to all, as rights of persons".
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