Health Ministry

Private diagnostic centers will remain closed as of Tuesday across Greece in protest at the Health Ministry's so-called clawback policy - the amount of money the businesses have to return to the state. Sector representatives will meet on Tuesday with Health Minister Andreas Xanthos in a bid to break the deadlock. [Intime News]

Health Ministry has warned people against consuming too much sugar consumption during the Eid al-Fitr holiday, which marks the end of the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan.

Private diagnostic centers across the country will be on strike on Thursday, Friday and Saturday amid a disagreement with the Health Ministry over its so-called clawback policy.

With just over a week to go until local authority and European elections, the government on Thursday pushed several legislative amendments through Parliament, facilitating professionals and public sector workers, as Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras heralded the latest in a series of handouts. 

Greek state hospitals are striking today. Some of their demands are better payment and modern medical equipment, BNR reported. They accuse the government of forcing people to take treatments in private clinics.

Healthcare facilities will only accept emergency cases. 

The promised Single Property Tax (ENFIA) discount will have a ceiling of 100 euros per owner, according to an amendment tabled in Parliament for a Health Ministry bill on Wednesday.

Nurses go out on a daily protests, until their demands for higher pay and better working conditions are met. Their decision was made after a meeting with the health authorities, which took place yesterday afternoon. Expression of discontent will begin at 3:00 pm before the Health Ministry.
 

The furniture, which dates back to when the hospital was built in the 1970s, has also been replaced by citizens and associations. They have bought beds, mattresses, bedsheets, chairs, fridges, TVs, nightstands and cupboards for the patients' rooms.

The medical associations of Athens and Piraeus have reacted to a Health Ministry amendment introduced in a multi-bill voted through Parliament on Wednesday, which expands the scope of pharmacists' jobs so that they can officially administer seasonal vaccinations and tetanus jabs.

The makers of products that constitute alternatives to cigarettes have blasted the government for putting heated tobacco products, such as Glo and IQOS, and electronic cigarettes in the same category as conventional cigarettes in an urgent bill debated on Wednesday in Parliament.