Pharmacist

Less than 1% are the non-stop pharmacies from all pharmacies in the country, BNR reports. The exact number is not known, however, because no records are kept.

A large number of Greeks use food supplements without consulting experts, according to a nationwide survey conducted by students of the Alexander Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki.

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.

Pharmacies remain in protest readiness. This was said by Anton Valev, chairman of the National Pharmacy Chamber, after a meeting with Deputy Minister of Health Boyko Penkov. Valev stressed that pharmacies would not close, but the pharmacists would be with yellow vests.
 

In Sofia and in the country 762 pharmacies will not work today. This is what Anton Volev, chairman of the National Pharmacy Chamber, told BTA. Nearly 40 of the pharmacies are in Sofia, he specified.

A Labor Ministry bill provides for the payment in 2019 of expired dues in the healthcare sector to suppliers and patients, albeit reduced for non-patient recipients such as pharmacists, pharmaceutical companies, various healthcare suppliers and others, and even patients who have been owed money since before their entry into the National Healthcare Service Organization (EOPYY) - i.e.

An awareness campaign promoting the benefits of vaccinations got under way on Monday in central Athens and will last until November 4.

The main message of the campaign, an initiative of the Panhellenic Pharmacists' Association (PFS), is that vaccinations protect people, families and society.

Patients are finding it increasingly difficult to acquire drugs in the market, and the main reason behind the problems regarding drug supplies is the currency rates, Nurten Saydan, the head of the Employer Pharmacists' Association (TEİS), has said.

On 4th of October, anti-mafia teams entered the Hematological Hospital "John Paul" in Sofia and "St. Mina" in Blagoevgrad because of suspicion for abuse of medicines for treatmenet of cancer patients. Investigators checked how many sick people were admiitted to the hopitals, how many medicines were administered for the day and how many were actually used.

Pharmacies around Attica will be shut on Monday due to the Pentecost holiday but shops will remain open, their respective associations said on Friday. 

According to the Attica Pharmacists Association, only duty pharmacies will be open.