Health sciences

The time has come for the Greek government to develop a national health strategy. In fact, it's long overdue.

Six in 10 patients say they don't feel their care plan is organized around all of their health and wellness needs, describing an outpatient care system that does not ensure continuity in care, according to the conclusions of the pilot phase of a study by the Health Services Organization and Evaluation Laboratory of the University of Athens in collaboration with the Organization for Quality Assu

More than 100,000 health care workers have completed their two-day-long work stoppage, while Health Minister Fahrettin Koca has pledged to enhance a series of measures called the "White Reform" to end violence in hospitals and improve working conditions.

An increasing number of drug users in Greece are turning to cannabis and cocaine, according to the report of the Greek Therapy Center for Dependent Individuals (KETHEA) for 2022, a year in which the number of users rose again due to the decline of the pandemic.

The first phase of construction of Istanbul University's Medical Faculty's new campus, planned as one of the significant healthcare bases in the country, will be completed in 2024, the faculty dean has announced.

According to the acting director of the children's clinic in Tirova Sinia Dui, the two admitted boys are stable and are expected to be released for home treatment in a few days.

Spearheaded by leading addiction specialist and government "drug czar" Jindrich Voboril, the expert group has been meeting regularly since December to prepare a draft law on the liberalisation and possible legalisation of recreational cannabis use, sale and production in the Czech Republic.

Developed countries typically require a prescription

Albania plans to license private production of cannabis "for medical and industrial use" for companies that have experience in the field in the EU, so joining a list of some 30 countries that allows the practice.

The Navy report said around 6,000 people were treated for nausea, headaches, rashes and other illnesses from the tainted water