Greece

Healthcare workers in Greece who remain unvaccinated against Covid-19 will be put on unpaid leave according to the Greek Health Ministry.

A host of Greek athletes, including Rio 2016 gold medalists Anna Korakaki, Eleftherios Petrounias and Katerina Stefanidi, joined the Hellenic Olympic Committee (HOC) in praising healthcare workers who are helping to stop the spread of COVID-19 in Greece. Posted on...

The Greek authorities issued on Monday a national call for volunteers to assist the National Health System of the country in its ongoing effort to tackle the coronavirus pandemic. The state is now asking for volunteer doctors, nurses, psychologists, and...

Greeks spend more money on health care compared to citizens of other member countries. This is according to an Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) study. The Hellenic Federation of Enterprises (SEV) issued a report titled "Health in Greece"...

The National Healthcare Systems of Greece (ESY) and Cyprus (GESY) are ranked 18th and 15th respectively out of the twenty-eight healthcare systems in the EU, according to a recent study conducted by the Organization ''Future Proofing Healthcare.'' Cyprus scored 54...

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras chaired a meeting on Monday at Maximos Mansion in Athens with the managing director of Piraeus Bank and the president of the Onassis Foundation. The conference was called to examine the issue of buying out the...

Data from the Greek authorities appear to show citizens are having to pay significant amounts of money for their medical care as the national healthcare system remains beset by cutbacks. According to the report, in 2016 Greek people paid over €5...

A press report on Greece’s healthcare system published on “The Guardian” website on Sunday was based on outdated information and on the “irresponsible scaremongering” of a group of “discredited” unionists, Health minister Andreas Xanthos said on Monday. The article titled...

Every year, 98,000 people die every year from medical errors in the Western world, however, in Greece there is no official medical error log and therefore no data on deaths. "Medical errors in the specialties of surgery, pediatrics and pathology in...

The Greek healthcare system is in constant danger of a blackout, admitted Health Minister Andreas Xanthos, recognizing the citizens’ ordeal and economic burden. “The healthcare system condition is on the verge of falling apart and the government knows this,”...

Greece's SYRIZA-led government is determined to support the public healthcare system in any way and exhaust not just all possible options of the surplus but of every cent, stated Greek Health Minister Panagiotis Kouroumblis in an interview to Athens-Macedonian News Agency on Sunday. The...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras visited the Health Ministry on April 2, announcing that his SYRIZA-led government will improve public health care in the country through the abolition of a compulsory 5-euro fee for treatment and the hiring of...

Germany's Health envoy to Greece, in an interview with Deutsche Welle on Thursday, stated that the situation of the Greek healthcare system is disastrous, adding that generic drugs would dramatically cut down healthcare costs.  Wolfgang Zöller, speaking at a briefing of...

Speaking at the European Parliament on March 5, Georgios Chatzimarkakis, the Greek liberal MEP of the German FDP party, stated that the austerity measures ordered by Troika and the cuts in health care have led to a 43% increase in...

One in two doctors in Greece decided not to participate in the new Primary National Health Network (PEDY), implemented by the Greek Minister of Health Adonis Georgiadis. They chose instead, to continue their private practice. The deadline for Greek Doctors...