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A woman with severe paralysis has regained the ability to communicate using an avatar, thanks to technology translating her brain signals into speech and facial expressions. This development offers potential benefits for those who have lost their ability to speak...

The main hospital of Alexandroupolis in northeast Greece has been evacuated, as wildfires have engulfed the coastal town near the border with Turkey. Dozens of patients accompanied by doctors and nurses have been transferred as a precaution to a ferry...

Greece has been under a national lockdown for more than forty days now, despite this, intubations and deaths due to the coronavirus pandemic remain very high in the country. On Saturday afternoon it was announced that a total of 64...

Cypriot scientists have discovered a new treatment for wet macular degeneration which involves taking high doses of omega-3 fatty acids that improve visual acuity and field three months after the beginning of treatment, ophthalmologist Tasos Georgiou said. “We have achieved a...

Patients and visitors of Hygeia Hospital in Athens, Greece, will be greeted by a new state-of-the-art robotic receptionist. The robot’s name is “Erato” and it has been programmed to receive patients and visitors in the outpatient clinic. According to Greek website...

Greek Primary National Health Network (PEDY) will stop covering several examinations such as Pap test, mammogram and prostate MRI. Many tests that can “predict and prevent” cancer are cut from the list of free tests. These tests will be prescribed by PEDY doctors under...

The doctors monitoring Greece's first confirmed patient of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) have said that his condition still critical. The 69-year-old Greek man, a permanent resident of Saudi Arabia, returned to Greece on April 17 and after suffering prolonged high fever,...

Flu cases have been rising in Greece. Numerous Greeks are displaying suspected flu-like symptoms lately and many patients are in a critical condition in the intensive care units (ICU) of hospitals. Some of them have also passed away because...

The bribing of doctors by patients still exists in Greece. Four out of ten patients continue giving a bribe in order to be hospitalized in a public hospital, on their own initiative, or after the “request” of the doctors....