The drowning of a 60-year-old tourist in Hania on Crete on Sunday has brought to the fore the need for more lifesaver cover, as the annual average of such deaths in Greece stands at 359, either while swimming or participating in recreational activities.
Government officials consider the introduction of afternoon paid surgical procedures at state hospitals a success and say the measure will eventually help shrink the huge patient waiting lists for often very serious surgeries.
Fifteen words are roiling the global alcohol industry. Beginning in 2026, containers of beer, wine and liquor sold in Ireland will be required by law to bear a label in red capital letters with two warnings: “There Is a Direct Link Between Alcohol and Fatal Cancers” and “Drinking Alcohol Causes Liver Disease.”
The remuneration of doctors at Disability Assessment Centers (KEPA), as well as that of the secretaries, will increase by 50% following a joint ministerial decision (KYA) signed by Labor and Social Affairs Minister Domna Michailidou and Deputy Minister Panos Tsakloglou on Monday.
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Accountability and transparency are severely lacking in the National Health System. A study of 90 hospitals and their accounting statements from 2012-20 by the Foundation for Economic and Industrial Research (IOBE) found rudimentary reporting focused on what state subsidies are spent on and makes no mention of how supplies are used and the state and age of the inventory.
What’s it like to watch your 10-year-old son stop eating? What’s it like to watch him get weaker and weaker, to see him disappear before your eyes day after day?
Seven in every 10 units of blood collected in Greece last year came from voluntary blood donations, the annual report from the National Blood Donation Center has shown.
Growing up in the Netherlands, Henriette van Praag had always been active, playing sports and riding her bike to school every day.
An increase in whooping cough cases has been recorded in recent months in several European countries, including Greece, where two deaths have already been recorded this year.
In some markets, zero-tobacco heat sticks have been growing fast. In the Czech Republic and Romania, they already accounted for half of all sticks sold for BAT’s heated tobacco device in December, with the figure at 30% in Germany and 19% in Greece.
Medical staff providing first aid on a permanent basis and an ambulance for emergencies will be provided during the upcoming summer tourist season at six archaeological sites around the country by the contractors who will be selected via a tender of the Organization for the Management and Development of Cultural Resources (ODAP).
The Health Ministry’s plans for a stricter licensing framework regarding imports of innovative drugs into Greece has alarmed some 500,000 people with rare diseases, as well as their families.
There are not enough doctors to treat patients at National Health System (ESY) units on the Greek islands and the situation is set to deteriorate further during the summer with the arrival of tourists.
A 42-year-old woman in the municipality of Ilida in western Greece is in critical condition after testing positive for meningitis.
A 43-year-old woman, masquerading as a nurse, is accused of pilfering mobile phones, cash and bank cards from patients and their companions at Metaxa Hospital in the port Piraeus disctrict, Attica, on Sunday morning.
