The tension between the health minister and the Panhellenic Medical Association is an acute symptom of a chronic ailment – the lack of organization in the public health system and the absence of necessary coordination with the private sector.
HEALTH
The Panhellenic Medical Association (PIS) announced on Thursday that doctors will boycott the electronic prescription system from Friday through Monday, with exceptions made only for medical emergencies and disabled individuals.
Child obesity is a big, and growing problem, across the world and certainly in Greece. Among children ages up to 5, 13.6% are either overweight or obese. Among those aged 5-7, this shoots up to 43%.
The first fatal case of West Nile virus in Greece this year was recorded in Serres, northern Greece, public broadcaster ERT reported on Wednesday.
Veterinarians and other experts from the European Union will arrive in Greece on Wednesday to help local colleagues get a handle on an outbreak of the contagious ovine rinderpest disease among sheep and goats in Central Greece.
Greek pharmaceutical company Famar is changing hands again, four years since the day when its activity in Greece, Italy and Spain came under the control of the Cypriot fund ECM Partners.
After getting the cold shoulder from private doctors unwilling to work at rural public hospitals and health centers facing serious staff shortages and antagonizing their unions by threatening repercussions, the government is sweetening the pill with better terms.
Residents and visitors in the seaside spa town of Loutraki and in neighboring Isthmia in Corinth are advised not to drink the tap water after authorities declared it unsafe for human consumption.
The Agriculture Ministry is sending its entire team of veterinarians to Central Greece starting on Monday as it seeks to get ahead of a serious outbreak of ovine rinderpest, which is threatening to decimate livestock farmers’ sheep and goat flocks in the region of Thessaly.
Greece has missed out on investments of the order of 500 million euros in the field of pharmaceutical research in recent years, which could have translated into an increase of the gross domestic product by €1.1 billion.
Dr Antonis Armoundas was studying electrical engineering at the National Technical University of Athens in his native Greece when he decided the subject was a bit too dry for his taste.
A case of ovine rinderpest has hit goats and sheep in the central Greek region of Thessaly, alarming local farmers.
On Oinousses, children don’t eat fish. Despite how contradictory that might sound, it seems many children on this eastern Aegean island turn their noses up at fresh fish – and its excellent Omega-3 content – opting instead for red meat and sweets.
Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis announced Friday that private doctors who cover vacancies in remote areas will be compensated with up to 7,200 euros gross in stipends annually.
The National Blood Donation Center is organizing a week of volunteer donation from July 22-25, between 3 p.m. and 8 p.m., at the multipurpose hall of Syntagma Metro Station.
The so-called FLiRT variants of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus are dominating the landscape in Greece, contributing to a significant rise in hospital admissions.
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