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Underfunding and over taxation threaten charity foundations & leave disability patients without care

March 18, 2014 Society 2

“Where will these children go ? Where will the patients with multiple severe disabilities find care and treatment if the charity foundations will close down?” Dozens of Greek charities send an S.O.S. appeal to the world as underfunding and high taxes threaten to close them down. Charity foundations that provide …

Doctors protest as Greek Health Minister closes down Primary Health Care units for one month

February 17, 2014 Society 1

Primary health care doctors, administrative personnel and patients ‘occupied’ several EOPYY units on Monday morning to protest the unprecedented: the closure of primary health care provider 380 units for at least one month. The protesters hindered the handing over of the health facilities to representatives of the health ministry. Health …

Greek Health Ministry closes down psychiatric hospitals, EOPYY doctors on strike (Nov 25-Dec 3/2013

November 25, 2013 Society Comments Off on Greek Health Ministry closes down psychiatric hospitals, EOPYY doctors on strike (Nov 25-Dec 3/2013

Employees at Psychiatric Hospital Dromokaiteio proceeded to symbolic closure of its main entrance on Monday morning. The action aimed to protest the “mobility scheme” ordered by the Troika and executed by Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis, that will leave the main public psychiatric hospitals of the country almost without personnel. Mental …

Greek Revenues Secretary: In-debted companies should close down

August 19, 2013 Economy Comments Off on Greek Revenues Secretary: In-debted companies should close down

Another revolutionary proposal by a Greek official and thus the man in charge of Public Revenues. Haris Theocharis. He proposed that “companies with debts to the state pension funds or to employees would better close down than to remain open and produce further deficit.” Τheocharis made this statement last Friday …

Where did Greek taxpayers’ money go? To rather useless state organizations…

April 17, 2013 Society 2

“There went the taxpayers’ money!” said a friend upon reading the list of organizations currently considered to close down or merged by the Greek government. “Research Center Kolokotronis? Institute for Cretan Law? Academy for Freedom? What are these? What do they do?” my friend started to read out loud down …

Austerity Kills Patients in Greek Hospitals

January 12, 2012 Society Comments Off on Austerity Kills Patients in Greek Hospitals

Austerity translated into “medical personnel shortage” started to formally kill patients in the Greek public hospitals where conditions resemble more and more those of a Third-World country and human lives are sacrificed on the altar of the economic crisis. The tragic incident occurred in the state hospital in Alexandroupolis. A neuro-surgeon was …

Athens: Two historical hospitals to suspend services

April 10, 2011 Economy, Society Comments Off on Athens: Two historical hospitals to suspend services

Greece health condition is deteriorating. Life supporting organs collapse, the one after the other. The serum tubes dry up. As the patient dies, there seem to be no need for many hospitals. Aretaieion and Aiginiteion, two historical university hospitals in Athens downtown are reportedly to close down. The managers of the …

Turkish Bargain: Closure of NATO base for EU Full Membership

April 10, 2011 Turkey-GR Comments Off on Turkish Bargain: Closure of NATO base for EU Full Membership

Turkey is a hard bargainer and would never give something for nothing. Even if it is something that it woun’t definetely wants. Ankara blackmails to give its to consent to the closure of NATO base in Izmir only in the context of trading full EU membership, a Turkish daily reported. A …

Athens: Austerity in Public Services closes down Kindergartens

March 30, 2011 Society 2

Cutting personnel is one thing, but it becomes problematic when it creates a deadlock and public services are getting hindered. Then you cannot cut the number of citizens. Severe shortages are observed in 87 kindergartens in Athens downtown after the termination of work contracts of 250 employees. However the children …

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