Greek Hospitals

Speaking in Greek Parliament on Friday, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras attacked previous administrations for the poor condition of the National Health System, while announcing a committee to investigate scandals involving previous health officials. On the weekly "Hour of the Prime...

Officials of the National Primary Health Network (PEDY) warn that the network is at the brink of collapse after it has been "abandoned" by the Greek government and doctors leave one after the other. According to PEDY officials, the health...

"Rising mortality rates, an increase in life-threatening infections and a shortage of staff and medical equipment are crippling Greece’s health system," a Guardian report begins, describing the conditions of Greek hospitals and the state of the country's health system. "In...

The Greek crisis from a social and humanitarian point of view is getting worse, especially in the capital, according to Austrian newspaper Wiener Zeitung. The report is based on testimonies by Erwin Schrümpf, an Austrian citizen who is the founder...

. Protesting public health system workers shut the entrance of the ministry of health premises by building a cement tile wall and posting a sign saying "We have moved to Brussels." Doctors, nurses and public hospital staff found this inventive way...

The emigration of Greek doctors abroad continues for the sixth consecutive year, despite the fact that public hospitals show alarming shortages. The majority of doctors who leave Greece for work prefer Europe. Most of them choose the United Kingdom, but...

A group of Belgian doctors and the Greek branch of Doctors of the World have launched an awareness campaign on the Greek health system that is on the verge of collapse. The "Emergency Greece" campaign has called the medical situation...

Dozens of cancer patients at Laiko public hospital in Athens are left without treatment as medication ran out, according to the Athens Medical Association (ISA). There are other hospitals in the Attica region that have shortages in medicine for cancer...

Evangelismos, Greece's largest public hospital located in central Athens, is facing a serious shortage in medicine, according to the hospital's employee union. Cardiologist Elias Sioras, president of the hospital employee union, told Protothema.gr that while Evangelismos' budget for 2015 was...

One in two doctors in Greece considers that working conditions are bad, while bullying, demeaning remarks and gender discrimination are frequent in Greek hospitals. The bullying and discrimination in the ​​healthcare sector in Greece is considerable, according to a study...