Athens' Evangelismos hospital
Coach crashes into utility pole in Paiania, driver slightly injured
A coach bus veered off the road and crashed into a utility pole on Lavriou Avenue in Paiania, eastern Attica, just before 6 a.m. on Monday.
The 57-year-old driver sustained minor injuries and was transported to Athens' Evangelismos Hospital for treatment. No passengers were on board at the time of the incident.
The cause of the accident is being investigated.
Hospitals try to eliminate use of gurneys as beds
The first time Athens' Evangelismos Hospital was on duty to accept emergency cases in June, it treated 908 people. Doctors decided that 189 needed hospitalization. Almost unheard of for a Greek hospital, none of them had to lie on gurneys - also called "supplementary beds" - in some corridor instead of a room.
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Greek hospitals seek a prosecutor’s order when patients who need intubation refuse
The trend of hospitalised COVID-19 patients refusing to be intubated, at a time when experts predict a nightmarish winter and the vaccine rollout is at a critical juncture, has burgeoned.
Following the death of a 54-year-ols woman at Athens' Evangelismos Hospital , the nation's biggest and a COVID-19 reference hospital, another 75-year old woman refused to be intubated.
COVID-19: Doctors worried about anti-intubation trend
The trend of hospitalised COVID-19 patients refusing to be intubated, at a time when experts predict a nightmarish winter and the vaccine rollout is at a critical juncture, has burgeoned.
Following the death of a 54-year-ols woman at Athens' Evangelismos Hospital , the nation's biggest and a COVID-19 reference hospital, another 75-year old woman refused to be intubated.
Abbot Ephraim of Mount Athos’ Vatopedi Monastery in critical condition with COVID-19
The famed Abbott Ephraim of the Mount Athos Monastery has fallen into critical condition in his 11th day as a COVID-19 patient in Athens' Evangelismos Hospital.
Health authorities start inoculating the elderly
Greek health authorities started vaccinating people aged over 85 against Covid-19 on Saturday, while continuing to inoculate doctors and nurses.
The first person from that age group to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech jab in Athens' Evangelismos Hospital was a woman called Kassiani, who will turn 91 in a few days. She was followed by Irene, aged 90.
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A nurse is first to be vaccinated against Covid-19 in Greece
Vaccination against the coronavirus began in Greece, as well as most EU countries, Sunday.
The first Greek to be vaccinated was Efstathia Kambissiouli, head nurse of the intensive care units at Athens' Evangelismos hospital.
First vaccinations in Greece on Sunday afternoon
The first vaccinations against the coronavirus in Greece are expected to take place Sunday, starting with an intensive care unit nurse.
Efstathia Kambissiouli will be vaccinated at 1 p.m. at central Athens' Evangelismos hospital, followed half an hour later by Michalis Giovanidis, a nursing home resident.
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Tsipras to be vaccinated Monday
Opposition leader Alexis Tsipras will be vaccinated against the coronavirus on Monday, December 28, according to sources from his Syriza party.
The former Prime Minister will be vaccinated at Athens' Evangelismos hospital, the sources said.
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Shipping minister with Covid-19 released from hospital after a month
Shipping minister Yiannis Plakiotakis who had been hospitalised with Covid-19 since November 23 was released from Athens' Evangelismos Hospital on Tuesday.
Plakiotakis initially spent a week at home but was then admitted to Evangelismos on November 28 due to high fever. On December 1, he was transferred to the intensive care unit but was not intubated.