June 9, 2023
Greece, Politics
New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis kicked out of the elections candidates ballots, medicine professor and former MP Spyros Pnevmatikos, on Friday noon after the outrage over the doctor’s controversial statements about “triage” on terminally ill cancer patients continued as strong as the day before – and despite Pneymatikos statement that …
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May 16, 2023
FEATURED, Social, Society
Cannabis modified in the lab helps reduce cancer cells and other side-effects including those cause by chemotherapy, a study conducted at the University of Athens’ Pharmacy Department has found. The cannabinoid acids found in the cannabis plant, after being specially modified in the lab, appear to significantly reduce the cells …
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April 21, 2023
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Former Culture Minister Myrsini Zorba, passed away at the age of 74. The news of her death was announced on her Facebook page.She was struggling with cancer in the last three years. A few hours before her death, Zorba posted a heartbreaking yet thoughtful post that “chemotherapy did not work …
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November 17, 2022
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
One of the biggest sentences in the Greek judicial system was imposed to the “quack doctor” responsible for the death of seven cancer patients. The Mixed Jury Court in Athens sentenced 50-year-old Nikolaos Kontostathis to 8 times life, 50 years imprisonment and 327,000 euro fine. The sentences cover the charges …
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October 14, 2022
FEATURED, Social, Society, Sports, Very Mix
Twice Olympics Tae Kwon Do silver medalist Alexandros Nikolaidis passed away at the age of 42. He was battling an extreme rare form of cancer for the last two years. Nikolaidis had also served as deputy spokesman for the main opposition party left-wing SYRIZA. The great athlete and father two …
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April 5, 2022
Greece, Politics
Greece has offered to provide treatment to Ukrainian children suffering from cancer. Health Minister Thanos Plevris made this offer to his Ukrainian counterpart Victor Liashko through a teleconference. The main topic of discussion was the transfer of children suffering from cancer, as well as their families, from Ukraine to the …
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February 4, 2022
FEATURED, Social, Society
On the World Cancer Day 2022, Greece’s health ministry announced to finally proceed a series of programs for oncology patients. Among others, these measures include “Home Care”, the upgrade of care for cancer patients via technology and a National Cancer Registry as Greece is one of the few European countries …
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October 27, 2021
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Covered with the Greek flag, the flag of PASOK and the flag of KINAL the coffin of Fofi Gennimata was laid to state at the Athens Cathedral on Wednesday morning, as thousands of people said farewell to one of the last dignified politicians in Greece. Her family, her friends and …
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October 25, 2021
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Fofi Gennimata, the leader of Movement for Change (KINALPASOK) died at 12:04 Monday noon hospital Evangelismos announced. Gennimata had been battling cancer for over a decade and was hospitalized two weeks ago. Monday morning media reported that her health condition had deteriorated. She had reportedly fell in ischemic shock of …
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October 18, 2021
Greece, Politics
Former conservative Foreign Minister and ex Mayor of Athens Dora Bakoyannis revealed on Monday that she has been diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a cancer of the white blood cells, but says she intends to go on working. “It’s never easy to hear that you have cancer,” the 67-year-old New Democracy …
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October 12, 2021
Greece, Politics
Fofi Gennimata, the leader of socialist opposition party Movement for Change (KINAL/PASOK) announced on Tuesday afternoon that she will not run in upcoming party elections for leadership due to health reasons. Gennimata announced her withdrawal from the leadership race on a tweet in which she wrote: “The deterioration of my …
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September 10, 2021
Greece, Politics
Greek medical experts say the number of cancer screenings has plunged 90% during the pandemic, depriving many people of a timely diagnosis. The Covid-19 pandemic brought a dysfunction of the national health care system as public hospitals turned into single disease treatment facilities, thus creating a “hostage situation” for cancer …
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February 15, 2021
Social
Greece has launched a National Register for children and teenagers with cancer ailments. The registration of patients is mandatory and is done by the doctor presiding over the case, via the e-prescription system. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Monday met two children that have recovered from cancer, Nefeli and Philippos, …
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November 17, 2020
CORONAVIRUS
A cancer patient who got infected with Covid-19 in the oncology clinic of the University hospital in Larissa, central Greece, died Monday noon. The 53-year-old man needed hospitalization in the clinic where a total of 25 patients and health personnel were tested positive with the virus last week. The deceased, …
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June 22, 2020
Very Mix
In an effort to identify more victims of the bogus doctor, Greek Police released on Monday the pictures of the man who was claiming to be a doctor specialized in the treatment of cancer. He was offering “alternative therapies” based on herbal oils and cannabis and was extracting thousands of …
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June 17, 2020
Very Mix
Greek police arrested a man, a pseudo-doctor, as responsible for the death of three cancer patients. Among his victims were two children, aged 14 and 16, and a 76-year-old man. The man would falsely identify himself as a doctor, convince his victims or their relatives to interrupt the therapies. He …
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January 23, 2020
Social
Cancer patients and doctors in Greece’s hospitals are in despair as chemotherapy treatments is delayed or even cancelled due to shortage of chemotherapy drugs. This has been denounced by the Greek Cancer Federation (ELOC) tha has received a ling list of complaints by those involved in the treatment of cancer. …
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November 11, 2019
News, Sports
A British endurance athlete has become he first person to run the length of a marathon in every country in the world after completing the Athens Marathon. Exactly 694 days after he set off on his mission to run the famous distance in all 196 UN-recognised countries in January 2018, …
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September 22, 2019
Social
Cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy in Attiko Hospital in Athens were shocked to be informed that their treatment is postponed on indefinite time. The patients were informed by phone on Thursday. Hospital workers president and doctor at Attiko ICU, Mihalis Rizos, told news outlet documentonews.gr, that hospital employees learned form the …
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February 2, 2019
Social
A chief surgeon at a big hospital in Athens was arrested on Friday, after a cancer patient filed a complaint to police that the doctor had extorted a total of 3,000 euros. The 50-year-old doctor is well-known in Athens and is working at the Ippokrateio Public Hospital. During a police …
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