Ippokrateio Hospital of Thessaloniki

Eight pregnant COVID-19 patients being treated in Thessaloniki’s Ippokrateio Hospital

The spike in the number of pregnant women being treated, at times intubated, for COVID-19 has raised concerns in Greece's scientific community and among doctors.

Critics say there have been mixed signals that confuse public opinion and that medical associations in various specialties, such as OB/GYN, have not pushed hard enough to dispel misunderstandings.

Student injured after falling three storeys in Thessaloniki school

A 15-year-old student was hospitalised with serious injuries on Friday after falling from the third floor of his private school in the northern port city of Thessaloniki.

The circumstances of his fall remain unknown, but the police have opened an investigation into the incident.