Health Ministry

At least five people have lost their lives in nighttime flash floods from torrential rains that turned the streets of Istanbul and the northwestern city of Kırklareli to rushing rivers.

Following the investigation into a mobbing case, the Health Ministry has found chief physician Ayşegül Alkan guilty, and as a consequence, she will not be allowed to work as a chief again in her professional life.

The Health Ministry conducted two-stage hearing screening tests for nearly 2 million newborns and children last year, the General Directorate of Public Health has announced.

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.

Early Thursday afternoon, the temperature had hit 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in central Athens. And conditions will get worse during the weekend.

Tax evasion may be ranging between 8 and 10 billion euros per year, according to rough calculations, and half of that could be recovered, Deputy Minister of National Economy and Finance Haris Theocharis told Skai Radio on Thursday.

The National Economy and Finance Ministry tabled a supplementary state budget of 700 million euros on Wednesday to cover additional expenditures related to the government's support in 202 measures included in a new economy bill.

The state mechanism has been placed on high alert to deal with heatwave Kleon, which will prevail throughout the country in the coming days. The most difficult days will be Friday and Saturday, and according to the latest forecast, the high temperatures will continue into next week.

Within the scope of the works of the Health Ministry, motorcycle ambulances have been introduced to provide emergency healthcare services to patients within minutes, especially in zones where traffic jams are frequent.

Kyriakos Mitsotakis is expected to shake up his Cabinet after winning Sunday's election in a landslide, moving top conservative cadres and adding new faces to the mix.