Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis on Wednesday presented the first data emerging after the measures imposed by the health ministry to stop the over-prescription of medication. Georgiadis spoke of “zero tolerance for over-prescribing” as a commitment to protect public health. “Let us stop the waste so that we can use the …
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59% of young doctors want to leave Greece, 56% of citizens dissatisfied with health services as system collapse
Six in ten doctors want to leave Greece and exactly 6 in 10 citizens declare to be dissatisfied with the services of the public health care system that has worsened in the last 2-4 years, two recent surveys conducted in northern Greece have found. The National Health System (ESY) is …
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Citizens of Leros boo and swear at Health Minister whose policies threaten patients’ and doctors’ lives (video)
Angry residents on the island of Leros in the eastern Aegean Sea prepared an anything but warm welcome for the controversial Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis. Frustrated about the deterioration of the public health care system and the severe personnel shortages in hospitals, they called him a “clown”, “depraved” and a …
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Health Minister threatens doctors, puts patients at risk
With threats and blackmails, Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis has been desperately trying to fill gaps and personnel shortages in public hospitals during the tourist season. The Minister’s policy has angered the medical world in the country, and now doctors are launching an “unofficial” strike. The big loser are, of course: …
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Doctors, firefighters deployed to islands cannot find affordable housing during tourism season
Α doctor transferred over the summer season to a public facility on the island of Skiathos was asked to pay a rent of 2,500 euros per month. Seasonal firefighters who have been assigned to serve during the fire season in regions away form their homes are being accommodated in fire …
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Doctors oppose vaccination against COVID-19 at Pharmacies
Doctors oppose the government plan to allow vaccination against COVID-19 to be administered at the pharmacies across Greece. They primarily cite safety reasons but also economically as the pharmacies will charge the citizens with 5 euros, while vaccination is free at the public health facilities. In a letter to health …
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Hospital doctors on 48h strike due to collapse of Greece’s NHS
Highly frustrated about the ongoing deterioration of the National Health System, the dramatic working conditions that set patients at risk and the shortage of staff, Greece’s public hospital doctors and staff launched a 48-hour strike. The Federation of Hospital Doctors of Greece (OENGE) launched a 48-hour strike across the country …
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“Storm” of hospital doctors’ resignations threatens Greece’s health system
A “storm” of public hospital doctors’ resignations due to poor working conditions cause a new and intense pressure on Greece’s National Health System (ESY), while the government does not take any substantial measures to prevent a collapse of the system. Reason for the resignations is the constant movement of doctors …
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Doctors union: Medical staff urgently needed, public system falling apart
Doctors are describing a desperate situation at healthcare facilities in Attica that are part of the National Health System (ESY) and are calling for staff recruitment, increased funding and pay reviews. At a press conference held on Monday, the Athens-Piraeus Hospital Doctors’ Association (EINAP) spoke of long waiting hours for …
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Unvaccinated doctors, nurses returning to work banned from ICUs, cancer wards
Doctors and nursing staff returning to work after being suspended for refusing to get vaccinated against Covid-19 will not be allowed in intensive care units and cancer wards, according to proposals by the Health Ministry’s committee of experts explained in Parliament on Wednesday. Both doctors and support staff are returning …
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Privatization of Greece’s Public Hospitals: Gov’t under fire in- and outside the Parliament
Hundreds of doctor and nurses gathered outside the Parliament on Thursday to protest the bill that privatizes a large part of services of secondary health care in the public hospitals in the country. The Federations of workers in public hospitals POEDIN demanded the immediate withdrawal of the “monster” bill, as …
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Jeopardizing free access to Greece’s public hospitals
A regulation pushed by deputy health minister Mina Gaga jeopardizes patients’ access to free of charge treatment and surgeries in Greece’s public hospitals. According to the regulation, full-time doctors exclusively working in public hospitals of ESY will be allowed to offer their services also to private hospitals, clinics, diagnostic and …
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Over 20,000 doctors left Greece in last decade
Over 20,000 doctors have left Greece in the last decade, and each one’s education cost the state and their families nearly 350,000 euros, Athens Medical Association president and Attica Region director Giorgos Patoulis said on Tuesday. In an address to the 2nd congress on “Health above all” (Ygeia pano ap’ …
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Greece Primary Health Care: New platform for appointments with doctors & facilities
A new digital system where citizens can seek appointments for primary health care facilities and doctors was launched on Wednesday, April 6, 2022, Digital Governance Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis has said. Through the platform finddoctors.gov.gr, people will be able to book an appointment in either a public facility or with a …
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90 doctors ordered to offer services to Covid-19 hospitals in northern Greece
The Greek Health Ministry began with the requisition the services of pathologists, lung specialists and general practitioners of northern Greece in order to strengthen the national health system in the face of the pandemic. A total of 90 doctors have been called to provide their services to hospitals treating Covid-19 …
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Gov’t to hire 4,000 nurses, 910 doctors to strengthen health system, says minister
Health Minister Thanos Plevris announced that the Ministry will hire 4,000 nurses and 910 doctors to strengthen the Greek health care system. The Minister made the announcement during a visit of the new health center in Patras, wester Peloponnese on Sunday. He said that the pandemic is at its peak, …
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Police arrest 13 employees of pharma company for bribing doctors, illegal prescriptions
Thirteen people, most of them sales representatives and executives of a pharmaceutical company, have been arrested on suspicion of bribing doctors and illegally prescribing medicines. Sources told the state-run news agency amna on Friday, that police moved in after a months-long investigation that also involved the legal tapping of the …
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Health Ministry launches requisition of private doctors for Covid-hospitals in northern Greece
Greece’s Health Ministry launched on Thursday the procedure of the requisition of the services of doctors in the private sector to help in state-run hospitals struggling under the burden of the fourth wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. The requisition decision is directed at doctors of specific categories who are active …
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Anti-vaxxers bribe doctors for “vaccination” with water, end up with the real vaccine
Mass fake vaccinations have been taking place in dozens of vaccination centers throughout Greece, media reported on Sunday. The bribe fee for doctors and nurses is apparently 400 euros. the fee is paid is by those who do not want to receive the vaccines against Covid-19 but want to gain …
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Council of state rejects appeal to “freeze” compulsory vaccination for hospital doctors & workers
Greece’s top court, the Council of State rejected a petition by the union of hospital doctors and workers throughout Greece, requesting a temporary order that would “freeze” compulsory vaccination. A total of 115 hospital workers and doctors had filed the petitions against the compulsory vaccination. The Council of State issued …
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