AHEPA Hospital

A fund launched by Anatolia College in Thessaloniki to respond to the coronavirus crisis has so far raised more than 56,000 euros from more than 320 donors worldwide.

Organizers said the funds will be used to supply the intensive care unit of the northern port city's AHEPA hospital with valuable equipment and medical supplies. 

A sample taken from an Italian pilgrim to Mount Athos has tested negative for the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, the AHEPA hospital announced on Monday.

A fourth death from the coronavirus has been confirmed in Greece. The patient, a 53-year-old man, died early Sunday, in Thessaloniki. He had been rushed to the AHEPA hospital from the citiy of Kozani in critical condition Tuesday. He is the youngest fatality thus far, but like the other three, had a serious underlying disease.

Authorities on Wednesday were trying to identify and locate everyone who came into contact over the past two days with a 38-year-old woman who became the first patient in Greece to test positive for the novel coronavirus, in the northern port city of Thessaloniki.

Thessaloniki health officials say testing has cleared another possible case of coronavirus.
The man, who had travelled to China in December, had been admitted to the northern port city's Ahepa hospital with symptoms resembling those of the Wuhan virus. A sample of his DNA had been sent to the Pasteur Institute.

Health authorities in Thessaloniki were on alert on Thursday after a man was admitted to the city's Ahepa hospital with symptoms resembling those of the Chinese coronavirus which has killed more than 170 people.

A 25-year-old Bulgarian climber died while scaling Mount Olympus on Monday, state-run news agency ANA-MPA reported.
The man was injured and trapped at the trail near Kofto, at an altitude of 2,300 meters. He was rescued by fellow climbers who transferred him to the Zolota refuge and from there he was airlifted to AHEPA hospital in Thessaloniki.

The new Supreme President of the AHEPA, Carl (Icaros) R. Hollister ran unopposed, was elected and sworn in to the office of Supreme President at the 95th Annual AHEPA Convention and Anniversary Celebration in Orlando, Florida at end July.

Four teenagers were killed and another injured in the early hours of Tuesday on the outskirts of Thessaloniki after the car they were in veered off the road and crashed into a wall.

The crash occurred at around 3.30 a.m. in the area of Evosmos, on the corner of Anageniseos and Smyrnis streets, just above the Thessaloniki ring road, according to the ANA-MPA news agency.

A 47-year-old mechanical engineer working for the Municipality of Thessaloniki died on Tuesday at the northern port city's AHEPA hospital due to injuries sustained on the job on July 21, the state-run Athens-Macedonia News Agency has reported.