“Call me when you arrive” A phrase many parents tell their children before they leave for a trip. Using their back-bags as tool and the school yard as background, students several schools across the country pay tribute to all the young people who found a tragic death in the train …
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Tentoglou to auction his “Inappropriate shoes” for the earthquake-hit children in Turkey & Syria
Greece’s long jumper and Olympic gold medalist Miltos Tentoglou will auction his “inappropriate shoes” that had cancelled his 8.40m long jump. The money from the auction will be donated for the children victims of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria. The auction was proposed by his trainer Giorgos Pomaski and …
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Dentist-Pass for children free of charge to be launched
For the first time, Greece’s Health Ministry is taking care of the dental care and is proceeding with the implementation of a free preventive dental care program, through the so-called Dentist-Pass voucher for children aged 6-12. Goal of the Health Ministry is that starting from March 2023 parents will be …
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ICU for children: Open wound in Greece’s health system
Intensive Care Unit for children are an “open wound” in Greece’s the National Health Service ESY as recent cases of children in need for an ICU bed had to travel hundreds of kilometers have shown. In total, there are 55 ICU beds for children in public hospitals, of which 35 …
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6-year-old boy “brain-dead” after 300km adventure for ICU bed
6-year-old boy Thomas was declared “brain-dead” after a 300-km adventure with ambulance though western Greece to get an ICU bed. It is the second case in just two days that a child that had to be transported hundreds of kilometers from northern Greece to the south for an ICU bed. …
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Generic drugs for children fully available, no price hikes, says Health Minister
Generic medication with the same therapeutic value is fully available for children, Health Minister Thanos Plevris said on Wednesday, seeking to reassure parents about shortages, particularly of inhalers and syrups. In a press conference, the health minister said, “I understand parents’ concerns, and what I am saying is that there …
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Drugs shortage in Greece drives patients ‘crazy’ amid wave of seasonal viruses
The problem of drug shortages is growing each and every day in Greece amid a wave of viruses outbreak and the threats by the Health Minister to pharmaceutical warehouses and doctors do not seem to help at all. At a time when seasonal viruses such as the flu, the RSV …
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Illegal trafficking of children vaccines discovered in Thessaloniki
A pediatrician in collaboration with a pharmacist are involved in the illegal trafficking of vaccines for children. the case of the illegal possession and trafficking of vaccines for children by a private pediatrician in collaboration with a private pharmacy was revealed after an anonymous complaint. Following the complaint, inspectors of …
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Prosecutors bar child charity founder, three officials from entering NGO grounds
Two prosecutors investigating numerous claims of alleged abuse of minors in one of Greece’s best-known child charities have barred its founder, a priest, and three other officials from entering any of the NGO’s premises in Greece. The purpose of the order is to keep the founder of the Ark of …
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Covid-vaccination platform for children aged 6 months-4 years opens Nov 11
The Covid-19 vaccination platform for children aged 6 months to 4 years opened on Friday morning, November 11, 2022 Greece’s health authorities For this age group, Greece has taken delivery of Pfizer vaccines against Covid-19. The first of the new vaccines for this age group will start to be administered …
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Covid-vaccines for vulnerable children aged 6 months- 4 years
Children aged between 6 months and 4 years with underlying health conditions or that are immune-compromised should get inoculated against the coronavirus, Greece’s National Vaccination Committee recommended on Tuesday. In a live briefing, committee head Maria Theodoridou also said that healthy children in the same age category could get vaccinated …
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Children books author arrested for child pornography
A famous Greek children books author has been arrested for possession of child pornography. The 53-year-old man was arrested already on October 18 and was remanded in the special prison for sexual offenders since then. The case became known today, November 2. The multi-awarded author V.P. was also the head …
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Greece hosts Ukrainian children in summer camps
The first 117 of 600 Ukrainian children aged 6-15 that will be hosted in Greek summer camps arrived in Athens and Thessaloniki on Friday. Greece’s union of privately held camps (Panhellenic Union of Private Initiative Camp Operators) offered to host the children, all of which left Bucha and arrived in …
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Hundreds of children shout “Allahu Akbar” in Hagia Sophia (video)
Hundreds of Turkish children shouted “Allahu Akbar” in the cradle of Greek Orthodoxy Hagia Sophia. On the video recording the event, someone is heard giving the signal word “takbeer” to start a prayer with “Allah is great.” The children shout. Video: The event “Hagia Sophia Summer School Meeting” was reportedly …
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Medea of Patras: Prosecutors bring additional murder charges for two daughters’ deaths
Prosecutors brought additional murder charges against Roula Pispirigou on Monday for the deaths of her two younger daughters, 3.5-year-old Malena and 6-month-old Iris. Authorities point out at a modus operandi. Malena, Iris and first born Georgina, 9, died in a period of two and a half years under mysterious circumstances. …
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Patras: Mother of dead children faces additional charges
Roula Pispirigou, the woman accused of killing her nine-year-old daughter Georgina and under investigation for the earlier deaths of her two younger daughters, was taken to the examining magistrate on Monday for an additional testimony. 33-year-old Pispirigou faces an additional charge for the attempted murder of her 9-year-old daughter Georgina. …
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Human Rights Court convicts Greece over deadly Farmakonissi migrant boat sinking
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Thursday ruled that Greece violated the European Convention of Human Rights over the sinking of a migrant boat in 2014 in which 11 refugees, among them eight children, lost their lives. The 16 applicants, 13 Afghans, two Syrians and one Palestinian, stated …
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Greece records first death of a child from acute hepatitis
Greece’s National Health Care organization EODY announced the death of a child from acute hepatitis on Wednesday afternoon. The victim was a baby just 13-months old. It is the first death of acute hepatitis recorded in the country. EODY statement: Today, the first death of a child was recorded in …
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Patras children: Malena and Iris died of suffocation, medical examiners find
“Both children suffered a suffocating death attributed to a criminal activity.” The ultimate report by two medical examiners on the death of the two youngest children, Malena and Iris, of Pispirikou-Daskalakis family from Patras, was delivered to the Homicide Department of Attica Security on Monday. According to the finding, both …
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Tragedy off Mykonos: 8 migrants still missing, among them 3 children
Search and Rescue operation continues south of Mykonos on Monday, as eight passengers on board of the sailing boat carrying migrants are still missing. Among the missing people are three children. Six human traffickers were arrested. According to local media, those people still missing are aged: 3, 8, 15, 23, …
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