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Greece
Greek Pharmacists Break Off EOPYY Talks
Theodoros Ambazoglou, head of the Greek pharmacist’s union, said he was unable to reach an agreement with the National Organization for Healthcare Provision (EOPYY) which owes pharmacists scores of millions of euros in unpaid subsidies.
Greek pharmacists struck for two...
Economy
Medicines, AIDS Drugs, Run Low in Greece
With Greece running out of cash as it awaits a long-delayed $38.8 billion loan installment from international lenders, hospitals are running out of medicine, including drugs to treat AIDS patients, doctors said.
There are shortages of up to 100 medicines,...
Culture
Der Spiegel Accuses Samaras Of Nepotism
The German magazine Der Spiegel claims that while Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras' government is about to pass a $17.45 billion spending cut and tax hike plan and fire thousands of public workers that people close to him are...
Greece
Blackout in Greek Health System Once Again
Greek pharmacists have stopped giving credit to drugs provided to people insured by EOPYY, Greece's National Organization for Health Care Provision, which owes the drug store owners scores of millions of dollars. Customers have to pay in cash, including those...
Greece
Greek Pharmacists Forced to Stop Prescriptions on Credit
The Pan-Hellenic Pharmaceutical Association, which represents Greece’s 12,000 pharmacies, announced its members will no longer supply drugs prescribed by the country’s National Organization for Health Care Provision (EOPYY) without immediate payment in cash starting Sept. 1.
Pharmacists called on the...
Economy
Greek Pharmacists Will Stop Accepting State Insurance
Greek pharmacists, protesting long-overdue unpaid subsidies from the government, on Sept. 1 will again stop accepting prescriptions from Greeks covered by the National Health Service Organization (EOPYY) and accept cash only, especially burdening pensioners whose benefits have been cut...
Greece
Doctors Threaten Action Over Unpaid Health Bills
ATHENS - Greece’s National Organization for Health Care Provision, known as EOPYY, will be unable to cope with any further cuts to health spending as demanded by the country’s international lenders, the union representing doctors said.
The so-called troika of...
Greece
Pensioners Protest in Athens and Other Cities for the Drama in the Health Sector
Pensioners rioted in Athens and other Greek cities on Thursday morning against the disappointing situation in the health sector over the last two years.
Pensioners of the National Organisation for the Provision of Health Services (EOPYY) marched in Athens calling...
Greece
Medicine Distribution Eventually Back to Normal
The decision of Athens pharmacists to suspend their protests starting today, July 1, as they began to be paid by EOPYY for their April debts, finally puts to an end the tragic ordeal of thousands of insured patients.
The repayment...
Greece
'Blackout' in Greek Health System
Desperate Greeks heard Friday that public hospitals of the country are lacking in medicine. As a result, people struggling with serious deseases and illnesses are helpless, since the companies providing their medicine announced that they stop transactions with the...