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With well-thought-out moves, the leadership of the Ministry of Health is making changes in the most difficult and overloaded area of public hospitals in Attica, the Emergency Departments (EDs). It is here where long waiting times of up to 8 hours are recorded, stretchers are set up, the endurance of citizens and hospital staff is severely tested, and congestion hits red levels.

A man running holding a baby doll in his arms, nurses shouting “the baby, the baby” and widespread panic make up the backdrop of a video that has been making waves on social media in recent hours.

Any attempt to fill the vacancies in the Greek national health system (ESY) seems doomed from the start. The response to consecutive job openings has been zero, despite various attempts to offer attractive incentives, such as higher salaries or guaranteed accommodation. 

Private doctors will be allowed to perform medical procedures in National Health System (ESY) hospitals, including surgeries, according to a Health Ministry amendment to a bill of the Ministry of Social Cohesion and Family. 

Four out of ten doctors and nurses do not follow simple hygiene rules when examining adult inpatients - In contrast, 9 out of 10 comply with hand hygiene in paediatric hospitals

Afternoon surgeries for a fee in the country's public hospitals started on Tuesday, as part of Health Ministry efforts to boost the National Health System (ESY) and make it more attractive to surgeons and anesthetists.

"It would be stupid to say that we are not preparing for a military conflict and then casually think that it will not happen because of that," Lauterbach said in an interview with the Neue Osnabrcker Zeitung.

Health service facilities, such as public hospitals, are focal points that require attention for disease transmission

A decision to recruit 2,145 permanent nursing personnel in public hospitals across Greece was signed on Thursday by the State Personnel Selection Board (ASEP).

The allocation of positions was based on existing needs in the national health system, including in university and secondary education hospitals. ASEP is expected to make an official posting in the coming days. 

A 20-year-old university student admitted in the Intensive Care Unit of the University Hospital of Patra, western Greece, on Wednesday was in critical condition, state-run broadcaster ERT reported. 

The woman underwent a series of tests and doctors are waiting for the results. Doctors believe she has an infection with some media stating it is meningitis.