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Greek Doctors Continue Strike till January 3

EOPYY doctors announced their decision to extend the strike until January 3, 2014, accusing the Ministry of subverting the negotiations. The decision to extend the ongoing strike came in response to the Greek Ministry of Health’s unexpected decision to include...

Samaras: "We Will Move Forward With the Healthcare Reform"

Today, Greek Prime Minister, Antonis Samaras, was speaking at the High-level conference on “Greek reforms in the health sector: Improving the Health of Citizens” organized by the Ministry of Health at the Megaron in Athens, Greece. During his speech...

Greek Doctors Extend Strike to December 13

Doctors at EOPYY, Greece's largest healthcare provider on Wednesday decided to continue with a strike in protest at the government's civil service overhaul adding that the EOPYY doctors voted to continue industrial action until December 13. Reacting to the unionists'...

Striking Greek Doctors Contracts Canceled

Making good on his threat, Greek Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis has ordered the cancellation of contracts of 700 striking doctors working for the public health care system EOPYY and said the government may even fold the organization and replace...

Second Wave of Mobility in EOPYY and Municipalities

The government board of administrative reform discussed the continuation of the mobility program, the acceleration of the evaluation process of private legal entities, and the issue of dismissals and the creation of more than 10,000 job positions. In Specific, the...

EOPYY Doctors On 24-hour Recurring Strikes

The insurance policyholders of EOPYY, will be afflicted after the doctors' decision to proceed with 24-hour recurring strikes until Wednesday, November 27. The doctors have left open the possibility of continuing their mobilizations until further notice. The doctors, reacting to...

EOPYY Doctors On Strike

As of Monday, the EOPPY doctor’s are on a 24-hour recurrent strike. They will protest against the possible dismissals and suspensions. The consultation rooms of EOPYY will operate with security guards. The Minister of Health, Adonis Georgiadis, said that the...

Greek Health Minister Sticks to His Position

Speaking to an event organized by the Athens Medical Association on Saturday, the Greek Minister of Health Adonis Georgiadis, maintained his position that there will be dismissals in EOPYY, the  main healthcare provider in Greece. Georgiadis had announced that dismissals "might...

Georgiadis Insists On Healthcare Cuts

As it has been reported, the government projected that four EOPYY pharmacies would offer free medication to poor people without medical insurance. However, according to the newspaper "To Vima," the Minister of Health stated: "It is not the time for...

Private Clinics Refuse Patients Insured with EOPPY

From now on the private clinics in Greece won’t admit patients who are insured by the National Organization for the Healthcare Provision (EOPYY). The private clinics will withhold care until November 3, or when the EOPYY will pay for...