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Greek Health Minister Voridis: Tougher Penalties for Reneger Doctors

His will to impose tougher penalties for offenses related to the health sector announced earlier today Greek Health Minister Makis Voridis, noting that instances of patients' blackmailing or doctors' bribery, which are currently categorized as misdemeanors, will be treated as...

Greek Inspector General Says Corrupt Doctors are Seldom Disciplined

Greek General Inspector of Public Administration Leandros Rakintzis said that the Central Disciplinary Council (CDC) of the national health system seldom punishes public doctors for offenses. Speaking to Greek newspaper "Kathimerini," the public administration watchdog said, "I have found serious delays in...

Greece First in Antibiotics Use in Europe

According to recent data by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Greece comes first in antibiotics consumption in the European Union. Kathimerini newspaper, citing data published by the British Telegraph, says that Greeks consume about 35.1 million doses...

Bribery Receiving Doctors Are Not Punished

Disciplinary councils in Greece are letting off easy doctors who have received briberies. At the same time, despite dozens of complaints about doctors who receive briberies, only 12 have been prosecuted in the last two years, according to data from...

Man Who Accused Doctor of Bribery Passed Away

The patient who accused the 60-year-old heart surgeon and director of Evangelismos Hospital, Greece, for bribery, passed away in the hospital. The 67-year-old man, whose story came to light last Thursday, passed away on Monday, July 14 in the Intensive...

Bribery Price List for Greek Doctors

Doctor bribery still remains an incurable disease for the Greek National Health System. The issue came up once again after a new case was detected on Thursday, July 10, at Evangelismos hospital in Athens, where a doctor was arrested for...

Clinic Director Arrested for Bribery

A heart surgeon and department chief at public hospital Evaggelismos in Athens, Greece was arrested for bribery and attempted extortion. The 59-year-old surgeon was arrested on Wednesday after a complaint from a patient who was hospitalized after he suffered a heart attack. The doctors...