The President of the staff union at Asklipieio Hospital in Voula, Despina Tosonidou, has publicly criticised the hospital’s practice of conducting CT scans without a radiologist physically present. According to…
The president of Greece’s ambulance (EKAV) workers’ union, Giorgos Mathiopoulos, has issued a stark warning over a severe shortage of paramedics, highlighting that in Athens just 60 ambulances are currently…
On Monday, all four pulmonologists at Venizelio Hospital in Heraklion tendered their resignations, citing the impossibility of safely running the Pulmonology Clinic with such a limited team. In a strongly…
Amnesty International’s latest annual report on the world’s state of human rights places a harsh spotlight on Greece. The collapse of the country’s public health system, widespread allegations of police…
The injury of a doctor in Patras, following a collision between her car and a passing suburban train, has raised alarms among her colleagues. The tragic incident, which occurred on…
The Unified Union of Workers of the Phychiatric Hospital of Attica is raising the alarm over unacceptable working conditions. Overcrowded emergency rooms, a severe shortage of beds, the redirection of…
The Federation of Associations of Hospital Doctors of Greece (OENGE) warns of an imminent risk of the department shutting down due to a severe shortage of medical, nursing, and paramedical…
Employees at the G. Gennimatas General Hospital in Athens have reported severe overcrowding and operational failure under the new on-call duty system, with 60 patients left on stretchers in the…
Doctors from the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the University General Hospital of Heraklion (PAGNI) in Crete have announced their collective resignation in protest against a decision by the Ministry…
“The Minister of Health, Adonis Georgiadis, has surpassed all limits of cynicism and callousness to obscure the tragic state of public hospitals under the Mitsotakis government,” said Andreas Panagiotopoulos, SYRIZA-PS…