A demonstration is being carried outside the Attikon hospital in Athens by employees who are protesting for a solution to a series of financial and institutional demands. The demonstration is scheduled to finish at 10 am.

Meanwhile the nationwide federation of public hospital employees (POEDIN) has announced a 24-hour strike in the healthcare sector for the 8th of June, with a rally being scheduled outside the Ministry at Health at 11am.

The employees demand funding and staff recruitments, free access to health care and the abolition of the pension system reform among others.