Tag Archives: medicine

A 72-year-old cancer patient in Heraklio, Crete, has ended his life unable to bear the pain and waiting for medicine to do chemotherapy, a drug which is in short supply in Greece. The issue was brought up a few days ago by local radio station Radio Kriti and a great …

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Uninsured patients in Greece will not longer be able to have regular drugs, laboratory tests and screenings free of charge or against a small percentage of payment from the own pocket  if these are prescribed by private doctors. The decision goes into effect from 1. July 2022. Following a series …

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Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu agreed on a “digital vaccination passport” and as it looks also for the participation of Greece in clinical trials regarding the medicine for Covid-19. Netanyahu had a surprised for his Greek guest and pulled out of his pocket a vial with …

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Insured in the Greek Public Health Care system are to receive generics mediation without the self-participation of 10 to 15 percent. The change that is to relieve thousands of patients is included in the latest austerity reforms bill expected to be approved by the Palriament on upcoming Thursday. but this …

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More and more Greeks buy their medication on credit to the pharmacy, repay the debt amount in installments, due to financial difficulties. According to the Pharmacies Association of  Greece’s second biggest city Thessaloniki (FAT), at least 50-100 citizens per pharmacy claim to receive their medicines on credit. The debts of …

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This is an urgent appeal by the Pan Piraiki Initiative Group of volunteers assisting refugees and migrants arriving at the port of Piraeus on daily basis. Today, Monday, February 29th 2016, there are more than 2,000 people, children, women, men, elderly awaiting to leave for the borders. They cannot. FYROM …

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More than 40,000 food items are been sold with a poisonous 10% Value Added Tax hike as of today and expect to burden the average Greek household with at least 55 euro per month.Beef, coffee, tea, cocoa, spices, sugar, oils – except olive oil, ice-creams, chocolates, but also condoms and …

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More than 1,3 million people living in Greece are without a job. this number refers only to employees. Self-employed are not recorded in the official unemployment numbers. People without work have no health insurance. But they have diseases and conditions that need treatment. “Three million people living in Greece have …

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A friend called me in an incredible angry mood this morning. “Thugs! Thugs! Thugs!” she roared in my ear, “they’re all thugs! The health ministry, the pharma companies, everyone!” Reason for my friends outburst was that one epilepsy drug suddenly disappeared from the Greek market. Without a warning the production of …

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Significant shortages in medications have been recorded in Greece. Cheap medicines but even expensive for cancer treatment seem to have disappeared from the shelves of public (state hospitals, IKA pharmacy) and private pharmacies. 243 “commercial” drugs out of 500 are just not available. In the majority, the shortages concern antibiotics, …

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