Hospital doctors union prez.: “We’ll see” what happens in the fall
Hospital doctors union prez.: “We’ll see” what happens in the fall Hospital Doctors Union – EINAP president Matina Pagoni advised young people to get a coronavirus test before returning home after their summer vacation. Speaking to SKAI channel, she explained that young people can undergo the virus with just a two-day fever, however for elderly […]
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Doctors struggling to cope on islands
Doctors struggling to cope on islands The vast majority of public health units on the small Aegean islands are struggling to cope as the limited number of doctors are forced to be on call every day, without a day off and generally without the chance to rest in order to cope with the needs of […]
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Sismanoglio Hospital: People in doctors’ garb blow up ATM, cause serious damage
Sismanoglio Hospital: People in doctors’ garb blow up ATM, cause serious damage Explosions occurred in the early hours of Thursday at the Tax Office in Marousi and at an ATM at Sismanoglio Hospital. In Sismanoglio, as noted by ERT, the explosion was powerful and occurred shortly after 4:30 in the morning at an ATM located […]
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Dire injuries and not enough doctors in Ukraine
Dire injuries and not enough doctors in Ukraine Days after Russian forces invaded, Yaroslav Bohak, a young cardiovascular surgeon, was at home with his family in the relative safety of western Ukraine when a colleague placed a desperate call from the east, pleading with him to come help. Many doctors had fled the fighting, his […]
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Doctors convicted over death of surgery patient
Doctors convicted over death of surgery patient Two doctors in northern Greece have been convicted of negligent manslaughter over the May 2017 death of a 24-year-old man from complications following surgery. The surgeon who implanted a gastric bypass ring in the young man’s body at a private clinic in the city of Thessaloniki was sentenced […]
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Incentives for doctors to join new healthcare system
Incentives for doctors to join new healthcare system The Health Ministry is prepared to provide a powerful monetary incentive to doctors to participate in the new primary healthcare system. Health Minister Thanos Plevris told Parliament during the debate on Wednesday on the draft law aptly called “Doctor for All” that the monthly remuneration of personal […]
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European hepatitis scare puts doctors on the alert
European hepatitis scare puts doctors on the alert Doctors are being advised to keep a lookout for symptoms that may point to hepatitis in children aged 16 and under regardless of the reasons why they are seeing a patient. In an announcement on Thursday, the Hellenic Association for the Study of the Liver pointed to […]
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Doctors tell family of child that fell from a balcony that his condition is irreversible
Doctors tell family of child that fell from a balcony that his condition is irreversible Doctors on Tuesday told the family of a six-year-old child that fell from a balcony in the port city of Patra on Sunday that the damage to his brain is irreversible. According to the Director of the Pediatric Intensive Care […]
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Public hospital staff to stage 4-hour work stoppage in Greece on Friday
Public hospital staff to stage 4-hour work stoppage in Greece on Friday Doctors and nurses employed in the country’s national health system will stage a work stoppage on Friday morning from 09:00 to 11:00, their union said on Thursday, ANA reports. In a statement, the Panhellenic Federation of Public Hospital Employees (POEDIN) added that they […]
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Public hospital doctors, nurses call work stoppage on Friday
Public hospital doctors, nurses call work stoppage on Friday Doctors and nurses employed in the country’s national health system will stage a work stoppage on Friday morning from 9 to 11 a.m., their union said on Thursday. In a statement released on Thursday, the Panhellenic Federation of Public Hospital Employees (POEDIN) added that they will […]
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Official Government Gazette – The doctors will determine when a rapid test will be required
Official Government Gazette – The doctors will determine when a rapid test will be required As of tomorrow, September 27, the new measures for the protection of public health from the risk of further spread of Covid-19 will enter into force. According to the Official Government Gazette, from tomorrow, not all patients (both the vaccinated […]
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Athens Medical School slammed for ‘desertion’
Athens Medical School slammed for ‘desertion’ The Athens-Piraeus Hospital Doctors Association (EINAP) has denounced the Athens Medical School over a document issued, which, it said, states that patients with Covid-19 will no longer be admitted to university clinics and will be channeled for treatment exclusively to National Health System (ESY) clinics. The initial document, dated […]
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President of hospital doctors – We will all get a third dose of vaccine
President of hospital doctors – We will all get a third dose of vaccine The president of hospital doctors union EINAP, Matina Pagoni, announced the third dose of vaccination for everyone, speaking to the MEGA television. “Of course we will undergo a third installment. We have been saying this for a long time. We are […]
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Suspensions put strain on health system
Suspensions put strain on health system The suspension of unvaccinated doctors and other health workers in effect since September 1, meant as a warning and as an incentive to get inoculated, have resulted in personnel shortages across the public health system. According to the Health Ministry, some 5,500 health workers and other personnel at public […]
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Stiff penalties being introduced for vaccine and Covid test fraud
Stiff penalties being introduced for vaccine and Covid test fraud Doctors and other medical professional found guilty of issuing false certificates of vaccination against or recovery from Covid-19 will be slapped with a 5,000-euro fine for every instance of fraud, according to an amendment submitted by the Health Ministry to Parliament on Monday night. The […]
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Hospital Doctors President – Children over 12 years of age should be vaccinated
Hospital Doctors President – Children over 12 years of age should be vaccinated The president of the hospital doctors, Matina Pagoni, rang a new bell for the Delta mutation. “The Delta mutation is hitting hard, it does not leave anyone alone, even young people,” said Mrs. Pagoni, speaking to SKAI. As she said, even children […]
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Private doctors will be able to administer Covid shots
Private doctors will be able to administer Covid shots Private doctors will in the coming days be able to make vaccination appointments for their patients and also procure vaccines so that they can proceed with inoculations against the coronavirus at their clinics, according to the general secretary of primary healthcare, Marios Themistokleous. Speaking to Skai […]
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Mobile units, private doctors join inoculation effort
Mobile units, private doctors join inoculation effort In an all-out effort to stem the tide of the fourth wave of the pandemic, spearheaded by the Delta variant, mobile vaccination teams and private doctors are being enlisted to increase inoculation rates. These mobile units of the Health Ministry will be placed in squares and outside churches, […]
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Team of doctors, nurses, psychologists in Vilia to support fire-stricken victims
Team of doctors, nurses, psychologists in Vilia to support fire-stricken victims A team of doctors, nurses and psychologists of the Business Center of the Attica Region and the Medical Association of Athens will be in the village of Vilia as of Friday to meet the needs of the people in the area. The aim is […]
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Skeptical doctors face colleagues’ wrath
Skeptical doctors face colleagues’ wrath Alarmed at social media posts by doctors arguing against Covid-19 vaccines and their potential influence on a hesitant public, medical association across Greece have launched disciplinary procedures against their anti-vaccine colleagues. One of the first cases concerned a doctor in the city of Larissa who, on May 17, posted on […]
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Incentives to doctors and pharmacists to persuade Greek citizens to get vaccines
Incentives to doctors and pharmacists to persuade Greek citizens to get vaccines Greek Health Minister Vassilis Kikilias on Friday gave new incentives to doctors and pharmacists in order to persuade as much as possible citizens to get vaccinated, ANA reports.Speaking to Open TV, Kikilias noted that the pharmacists and the doctors will get 10 euros […]
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Greek government will pay doctors and pharmacists to give COVID-19 vaccines
Greek government will pay doctors and pharmacists to give COVID-19 vaccines After offering the young 150-euro ($176.63) bonus cards to be vaccinated against COVID-19, Greece’s New Democracy government now is turning toward paying doctors and pharmacists to give them. They will be paid 10 euros ($11.78) for every vaccination appointment that is made, said Kathimerini, […]
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Kikilias: New incentives to doctors and pharmacists to persuade citizens to get vaccinated
Kikilias: New incentives to doctors and pharmacists to persuade citizens to get vaccinated Health Minister Vassilis Kikilias on Friday gave new incentives to doctors and pharmacists in order to persuade as much as possible citizens to get vaccinated. Speaking to Open TV, Kikilias said that the pharmacists and the doctors will get 10 euros when […]
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Three hospital doctors in western Greece test positive for Covid-19
Three hospital doctors in western Greece test positive for Covid-19 Three doctors of the cardiothoracic surgery clinic at the University General Hospital in Rio, western Greece, have tested positive for the coronavirus, local media reported. According to the reports on patrastimes.gr, the doctors are fully vaccinated and have so far been asymptomatic. Due to this […]
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Platform opening on Tuesday for people being vaccinated at home
Platform opening on Tuesday for people being vaccinated at home Doctors will be able to request at-home vaccinations for patients with severe mobility issues through a platform opening on Tuesday, Secretary General for Primary Care Marios Themistocleous said on Monday at a regular pandemic briefing. Themistocleous said any doctor in the public or private sector […]
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Appointments platform opens on Tuesday for people being vaccinated at home in Greece
Appointments platform opens on Tuesday for people being vaccinated at home in Greece Doctors will be able to request at-home vaccinations for patients with severe mobility issues through a platform opening on Tuesday, Secretary-General for Primary Care Marios Themistocleous said on Monday at a regular pandemic briefing, ANA reports. Themistocleous said any doctor in the […]
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Home vaccination registration to open Tuesday
Home vaccination registration to open Tuesday As of Tuesday, doctors will be able to register patients unable to attend vaccination centers for inoculation against Covid-19 in their own home. The online registration for home vaccination can be performed by any public- or private-sector doctor. Home vaccinations will be carried out either by a private doctor […]
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Dozens of doctors involved in prescriptions scandal
Dozens of doctors involved in prescriptions scandal Police have unraveled a racket dealing with bogus prescriptions which has cost the National Organization for Healthcare Provision (EOPYY) around 5 million euros in damages. Thirteen members of the ring have already been arrested, including the leaders, the accountant and two doctors. The criminal case that was filed […]
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Editorial To Vima: Beyond all expectation
Editorial To Vima: Beyond all expectation Last winter, the basic hypothesis of doctors, epidemiologists, virologists, and economists was that the COVID-19 pandemic would predominate and that economic, social, and political conditions would depend absolutely on the public health framework. That was understandable as the pandemic, following a relatively calm but quite active summer, had reappeared […]
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Health Ministry mulling incentives for new doctors to serve on islands
Health Ministry mulling incentives for new doctors to serve on islands The Greek Health Ministry is preparing a bill to offer incentives to new doctors in the National Healthcare System to serve on islands or remote areas on the mainland, in a bid to improve available healthcare in isolated regions. This will include financial, tax […]
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