Adonis Georgiadis

Greek Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis has accepted the resignation of the head of Organization Against Drugs (OKANA), which runs the country's biggest rehabilitation program for drug users. Meni Malliori's resignation came after accusations by the Deputy Minister of Health, Zeta Makri,...

After a four-week strike, the Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has intervened and arranged to meet with the Minister of Health, Adonis Georgiadis and the EOPYY doctors, in order to discuss the proposed changes to the healthcare system and EOPYY, the main...

Today, Greek Prime Minister, Antonis Samaras, was speaking at the High-level conference on “Greek reforms in the health sector: Improving the Health of Citizens” organized by the Ministry of Health at the Megaron in Athens, Greece. During his speech...

According to the Greek Health Minister, Adonis Georgiadis, the 4,500 doctors of EOPYY, Greece’s main public healthcare provider, will be given the choice of taking up jobs at state hospitals or having their contracts terminated, helping the government meet its...

Doctors at EOPYY, Greece's largest healthcare provider on Wednesday decided to continue with a strike in protest at the government's civil service overhaul adding that the EOPYY doctors voted to continue industrial action until December 13. Reacting to the unionists'...

Making good on his threat, Greek Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis has ordered the cancellation of contracts of 700 striking doctors working for the public health care system EOPYY and said the government may even fold the organization and replace...

Over the objections of the major opposition Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) party that critics said wanted to protect profits for big pharmaceutical companies who provide it financial support, the Greek Parliament has approved cuts in the prices...

The head of SYRIZA, Alexis Tsipras, during a press conference fiercely criticized Adonis Georgiadis, regarding the amendment on medicine. Mr. Tsipras invited the Prime Minister to withdraw the amendment and stated: "If he truly aims to reduce the cost evenly...

Speaking to an event organized by the Athens Medical Association on Saturday, the Greek Minister of Health Adonis Georgiadis, maintained his position that there will be dismissals in EOPYY, the  main healthcare provider in Greece. Georgiadis had announced that dismissals "might...

As it has been reported, the government projected that four EOPYY pharmacies would offer free medication to poor people without medical insurance. However, according to the newspaper "To Vima," the Minister of Health stated: "It is not the time for...