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According to a report in Ta Nea, the recent changes in healthcare have resulted in significant doctor shortages in the Aegean...

The Turkish Minister of Health Mehmet Müezzinoğlu has invited Greek doctors to consider emigrating to Turkey for employment...

The public hospital employees have decided to go on strike over the huge staff shortages and lack of materials, while holding responsible the Minister of Health...

The Ministry of Health announced that the national primary healthcare network (PEDY) will begin operations today, with the network’s units being...

The union of EOPYY doctors has issued a statement accusing EOPYY’s management of being “provocatively indifferent” in initiating procedures for new ...

The Medical Association of Athens (ISA) has warned the Ministry of Health to pay the outstanding wages it owes to the doctors of General Children’s Hospital ...

With the Ministry of Health and striking doctors unable to come to any agreement, the doctor unions have arranged to demonstrate against the changes introduced in primary healthcare, outside the central EOPYY offices at 1pm today. The doctors argue that the upcoming shut down of EOPYY’s healthcare units will not only result in the suspension […]

The Minister of Health appeared on Mega Channel’s morning chat show on Monday and warned the striking EOPYY doctors that if they refuse to surrender the organization’s clinics or cause any damages, they will be held responsible. Despite his warning though, the Minister of Health Adonis Georgiadis estimated that in most cases EOPYY’s clinics will […]

The leader of SYRIZA Alexis Tsipras has demanded that the government withdraw its healthcare bill, which he dubbed a “present to private interests”, after meeting with the board of directors of the EOPYY doctor union. Mr. Tsipras explained that the bill was a “time bomb” as thousands of people would be added to the current […]

The ongoing EOPYY doctor strike has been extended until the 7th of February, with the doctors accusing the government of attempting to fire 2,500 doctors by implementing harsh measures and disincentives. Support for the strike has also come from the Panhellenic Medical Association and the Greek Dental Association, which have urged their members to participate […]

The federation of doctors employed by EOPYY convened yesterday, with the federation presidency proposing an indefinite extension of its ongoing strike, in light of the breakdown of negotiations with the Ministry of Health. The last federation decision was for the extension of the doctor strike until this Friday, the 24th of January.