Greece

Greece announced it is mobilizing private doctors in an effort to contain the pressure on public hospitals struggling with Covid-19.

Greece appealed to the private sector doctors to help out in the National Health System (ESY), due to increasing numbers of COVID-19 cases.

Greek doctors took to the streets on Tuesday to protest the "suffocating" conditions in Greek hospitals, specifically Covid-19 wards.

As a sign of their deep appreciation for their life-saving efforts this past Spring, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation will be paying a total 6.6 million euros ($7.5 million) to doctors and nurses working during the coronavirus pandemic. The announcement came...

The Antetokounmpo family sent a big "thank you" note to all the doctors and nurses who continue to risk their health in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. As Giannis Antetokounmpo stated in his Twitter account, "As a family, we feel...

A special out-patient infirmary aimed at the early detection of possible coronavirus cases among asylum seekers at the VIAL reception and identification centre (RIC) on Chios has started operations just outside the camp, it was announced on Wednesday. The VIAL...

The International humanitarian group Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), or Doctors Without Borders, announced on Monday that Greek surgeon Christos Christou has been elected to serve as their international president. Christou was elected president during MSF’s International General Assembly in June...

Chinese doctors participated in a Wednesday ceremony which revived the Hippocratic Oath at its very birthplace, the Asclepeion archaeological site on the Greek island of Kos in the Aegean Sea. The Asclepeion is where Hippocrates, who lived from 460-370 BC...

Two Greek doctors saved the life of a 54-year-old woman who fell gravely ill during a  flight between Lisbon and Zurich recently. Cardiologists Giorgos Angelopoulos and Nikos Spiliopoulos were returning to Greece from Portugal via Switzerland on the Portuguese airline...

The humanitarian aid organization ''Médecins sans frontières'' (Doctors Without Borders, or MSF) announced on Friday that they secured pneumonia vaccines at an affordable price in order to vaccinate children who live in refugee camps in Greece. MSF noted that this...

The alarming numbers at which young Greek doctors leave the country is noted in an open letter of the Union of Doctors in Athens' and Piraeus' hospitals. The numerous cuts implemented on the budgets of hospitals over the past years,...

Greek and foreign doctors have taken part in a special ceremony on the island of Kos to renew their Hippocratic Oath. The medics were on the island over the weekend as part of an international conference on health tourism. Kos is the...

Medical staff from Greek state hospitals will go on strike on Wednesday, angry at government hiring practices and a lack of money they claim have led to a shortfall in doctors. Members of the OENGE union will go on a...

Recession is the source of financial desperation for all Greek labor, but it is particularly harsh for medical professionals who spend almost a decade studying, only to see their wages dropping below those of a public service employee. When an...

The Medical Association of Athens condemned a short film aiming to highlight the problem of sexual harassment as "slanderous and dangerous". The film by the General Secretariat for Gender Equality (SGGA) presents a pediatrician sexually harassing a mother. SGGA said that...