Greece

The state of regional health centers was the focus of a new survey by the Panhellenic Federation of Employees at Public Hospitals (POEDIN). The survey revealed that facilities are in dire conditions as they suffer from an array of issues...

5,895 unvaccinated health workers have been suspended or are in the process of being suspended from working in Greece. The suspensions follow a new law that mandates vaccines among healthcare workers, under penalty of suspension from their workplace. The Suspension...

Greeks aged 25 to 29 will soon be eligible to receive the Covid-19 vaccine.

A large percentage of health workers in Greece have responded negatively to the upcoming Covid-19 vaccination, with anti-vaccination doctors and nursing staff in some hospitals being the majority. According to a recent poll by Pulse among health professionals, 29 percent...

Traffic in parts of the Greek capital came to a standstill on Tuesday as Greek transport workers joined a 24-hour public sector strike over pension reforms. Buses, trolleys, trams and metro transportation will be out of operation for the day....

Protective facial masks have become a rare item in Greece as pharmacies are unable to cope with demand, the president of the the Athens Pharmaceutical Association revealed on Sunday. Speaking to Proto Thema radio, Constantinos Lourantos said that the shortage...

Fifteen hundred migrants and refugees are living under squalid conditions at the Leros Psychiatric Hospital, along with 154 patients, according to a complaint by the Panhellenic Union of Public Hospital Employees (POEDIN). The public hospital workers union says that there...

The Greek parliament on Wednesday voted to rescind the parliamentary immunity of former minister Pavlos Polakis, who has been accused of illegally recording a private telephone conversation with Bank of Greece Governor Yannis Stournaras. Polakis, a controversial deputy Health Minister...

The Greek government is under heavy criticism for the slow response of the state mechanism during the deadly East Attica fires. Now new testimonies imply that Alexis Tsipras was aware that there were deaths during the meeting with competent officials...

Members of the national union of public hospital workers (POEDIN) on Monday clashed with police in a protest outside the Finance Ministry over ongoing austerity. Police fired tear gas at protesters who tried to storm the ministry building. Some protesters...

A nurses' union has said its members face increasingly dangerous working conditions, after an incident in which a worker at Dromokaitio psychiatric hospital, west of Athens, was bitten by a patient allegedly infected with HIV. The POEDIN union says its...

The Elena Venizelos Maternity Hospital in Athens has sealed its food storage room after bacteria of cholera was detected. "The cholera bacteria was detected in the first water samples of the underground storage room of the Elena Venizelos hospital," said the...

Greek PM Alexis Tsipras received a hostile welcome by dozens of health care employees as he arrived at the Ministry of Health on Friday morning. Trade Unionists of POEDIN (Panhellenic Federation of Public Hospital Employees) expressed their dismay at the...

The Greek islands are a popular destination that bring in holiday-goers from all around the world and according to the Panhellenic Federation of Public Hospital Workers (POEDIN), but they do not have enough ambulances nor staff to operate them. Desperate...

The national federation of Greek hospital workers (POEDIN) has announced that at the country's sate hospitals one in three full-time nursing positions are vacant. The shortage of nurses mean a one nurse to 40 patient ratio at state hospitals around the...