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The village of Mesi, in the region of Rethimno, Crete, Greece has a long medical tradition. Despite its small populatio, many of its residents work as doctors in hospital and clinics of Crete and Attica, while many young people...

Serious problems are expected to arise within the next days in public hospitals across Greece due to the placement of hospital drivers in an availability scheme that is expected to last almost a month. The leadership of the Health...

The Greek Minister of Health, Adonis Georgiadis announced on Tuesday that he will pay a surprise visit to at least one state hospital in Athens, Greece, per week, despite the protests of the employees during his inspection at Aghia Olga...

The Metropolitan Social Clinic of Elliniko. Greece announced on Friday that a 66-year-old uninsured patient suffering from cancer, who was receiving care at the clinic after having been refused admission at public hospitals, has passed away. On Thursday, January 2,...

On September 10, the Health Ministry and the industry representatives signed an agreement for distributing free medicine to the poor and uninsured, in order to create a network of free medicine distributors, which will operate along similar lines to...

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...

That pharmacies and hospitals in Greece are facing large shortages interfering with their ability to provide necessary care for patients is not news to most people by now.  To grasp the level of urgency and the extent to which...

Athens is dealing with an HIV epidemic sweeping the streets of the town’s historic center, while the rest of Greece is dumbfounded by the sad truth confirming the alarming rise of HIV cases. After the media release of the photos...

Deputy Health Minister Markos Bolaris, Athens mayor George Kaminis, and representatives of the Athens Holy Archdiocese and the National Committee for the Rights of Man have submitted shocking evidence casting light on the tremendous dimensions of the “new homeless”...

The Health Ministry is collecting data to proceed with a plan for legislation to secure state aid for homeless people in Greece. Presenting his proposed document to the Parliament on Thursday, Deputy Minister of Health Mr. Markos Bolaris suggested passing...