DENMARK INSISTS GREENLAND DOES NOT NEED MEDICAL ASSISTANCE AMID TRUMP HOSPITAL SHIP CLAIM
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Denmark’s Defence Minister said on Sunday that “Greenland does not need medical assistance from other countries,” following US President Donald Trump’s claim that he was sending a hospital ship to the autonomous Danish territory.
“The Greenlandic population receives the healthcare it needs. They receive it either in Greenland, or, if they require specialized treatment, they receive it in Denmark. So it’s not as if there’s a need for a special healthcare initiative in Greenland,” Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen told Danish broadcaster DR.
Access to healthcare in Greenland, as in Denmark, is free. The island has five regional hospitals, with the Nuuk hospital serving patients from across the territory.
Earlier in February, the Greenlandic local government signed an agreement with Copenhagen to improve the treatment of Greenlandic patients in Danish hospitals.
Trump on Saturday posted on his social media platform Truth Social that “we are going to send a great hospital boat to Greenland to take care of the many people who are sick, and not being taken care of there.”
“It’s on the way!!!” he added.
Trump has said the US must control Greenland to ensure its security, though he has backed off from earlier threats to seize it after striking a “framework” deal with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte to ensure greater US influence.
Lund Poulsen told DR he was not aware of the hospital ship’s possible arrival.
“Trump is constantly tweeting about Greenland. So this is undoubtedly an expression of the new normal that has taken hold in international politics,” he said.
Earlier Saturday, Denmark’s Arctic Command announced that it had evacuated a crew member of a US submarine off the coast of Nuuk after the sailor requested urgent medical attention.
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