Greece

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

Greece enlisted two private hospitals in Athens in order to ease the pressure from the spike in coronavirus cases on the public health system.

Health officials in Greece are concerned about the nation's hospitals after the number of intubated patients with Covid-19 reached 406 Monday.

At least twenty-one members of the Greek Parliament have expressed their will to work on a voluntary basis for Greece's National Health Service (NHS), known in Greece as ''ESY'' to help fight the ravaging second wave of the coronavirus...

The Greek government took over two private hospitals in Thessaloniki on Thursday in which transmission of the coronavirus has been particularly widespread. The decision was reached after the private clinics failed to voluntarily provide 200 beds for Covid-19 patients despite...

Volunteers across the globe have marshaled their forces in recent days to assist the perilous work of the world's doctors and nurses during the coronavirus era. One example of such an action is that carried out by a group...

The Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) announced on Thursday that it will build three new hospitals and provide funding for other health initiatives in Greece which will together represent a donation of 420 million euros ($460 million) to healthcare in...

Greek Health Minister Vassilis Kikilias on Tuesday designated medical centers across the country which will be tasked with functioning as referral hospitals which will have to deal with potential cases of the deadly coronavirus. The decision was taken during a...

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,...

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...

Shortages of essential supplies and medication are forcing Greek hospitals to postpone scheduled treatments, including those for cancer patients, the Athens Medical Association (AMA) reported on Tuesday. It expressed grave concern over the inability of state hospitals to purchase...

There are two companies that are being investigated for charges of fraud against Greece's state hospitals, according to a prosecutors' report by Antonis Eleftherianos and Yiannis Stevis. The two prosecutors allege that the companies in question defrauded Greek taxpayers out...

Public hospitals in Greece are facing major shortages of everything from staff to equipment, according to a report published by the Federation of Public Hospital Workers (POEDIN). There were over 61 Greek National Health Service (ESY) facilities examined to compile the...

Hundreds of public hospital sector employees rallied through all Athens hospitals and ended up protesting outside the health ministry on Thursday. In the rally called "Caravan of Health," doctors, nurses and other public hospital employees protested against the state of...

Greek state hospitals face serious financial problems making their operation extremely difficult, while debts to suppliers have reached 900 million euros. In most instances, the operation of hospitals is based on the good will of staff and suppliers, as the National...