...I never got to know this person; neither did the thousands of thousands of the people that have taken a mass, organized and "online" initiative to support her struggle against a Health system which for once more has proved to be more than a system and much less than health...Amalia is dead now and I am personally very touched by her story; sitting now in my room in Brussels and feeling an inner force to make a reference to it in my "own world", shaped partly by this blog. It's the second death I make reference to the last days; simply because I am touched and I am inspired. She didn't stop fighting for her right to life, even at the very end, even if she has been suffering for many years...Her blog (in Greek) http://fakellaki.blogspot.com/ has become a reference point for legitimate and justified angerness, among others, towards bloody doctors that besides their incompetence that sometimes is annoyingly obvious, they ask money from people in need just because...just because they have been given (by whom?) the legitimacy to do it...or simply because they are fucking bastards...
Friends and people inspired by Amalia's story have created a blog where texts in different languages, other than Greek, can be found http://giatinamalia-blog.blogspot.com/; videos in Youtube can be watched also; the movement is growing rapidly...There are so many side effects of this action that maybe it is not appropriate to comment now...
The death of Amalia (may she rests in peace unlike the monsters that made her suffering) is proving that there are human beings still left; and that they have power to bring about change. It is really sad that such stances are nourished and developed mainly after unfortunate events but at the same time we need to focus on the positive aspect of it; which is that people are not indifferent or better, that there are still people that are not indifferent...
Even a moment of reflection about her, can constitute an important part of the overall change that we, all of us, need to go through...
...you will be happy, wherever you are now; thank you for reminding me my human side...
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