Vassilis Kontozamanis

Health Ministry to hire 939 new doctors

Health Minister Vassilis Kontozamanis signed off on Friday on a call for 939 new permanent positions for doctors of several specialties in the National Health System.

Most of the 847 positions will staff hospitals and the remaining 92 health centers.

The platform to submit an application opens on February 16 and the deadline is March 3.

Health authorities laying groundwork for vaccinations

Ahead of the arrival of the first doses of the vaccines, possibly even before the end of the year, preparations of public healthcare units for the inoculation of citizens against Covid-19 are in full force, with the Health Ministry Tuesday asking National Health System (ESY) hospitals to indicate which workers will be available to staff these facilities around the country.

Doctor MPs returning to duty will work like regular staff, says minister

Greek lawmakers who wish to offer their services as doctors in fighting the coronavirus pandemic will have to sign a contract with the the country's national health service, work a full-time schedule and face the same liabilities as other medical staff, Deputy Health Minister Vassilis Kontozamanis said on Friday during a regular press briefing about developments with the virus.

Doctors, Nurses Question Greek Government’s Coronavirus Response

At the beginning of April, staff of the Sotiria Public Hospital in the Greek capital, Athens, issued an open letter complaining they had been supplied with "defective" masks to guard against infection from patients with COVID-19.

Sotiria has handled the majority of those hospitalised with the virus in Greece, which has roughly 1,735 confirmed cases, of which 76 have died.

Crackdown on smoking to begin in public buildings

A pledge by the government to crack down on smoking in public places - finally enforcing a law that was introduced a decade ago - will initially focus on Greece's Parliament building, followed by ministries, hospitals, schools and other places where social services are provided, officials decided on Wednesday.