Fifty hospital beds and intensive care and intensive care beds of the Army Equity Fund Hospital Foundation (NIMFS) are granted to the Greek government to cover public health needs related to the treatment of coronavirus COVID-19, for the period from July 1 to September 30.

For this period of time, NIMTS is part of its general on-call system YOU and its staff are compensated for their participation in the on-call program of the National Health System, at the expense of the budget of the Ministry of Health.

For the compensation of the medical staff of NIMTS, due to their participation in the on-call program of the National Health Service, the written provisions for the compensation of the on-call staff of the National Health Service hospitals, as well as the provisions of the under data F.900/9/568018/S, shall be applied accordingly. 942/ 3.12.2021 (Β΄ 5821) of a joint decision of the Ministers of Finance, National Defense and Health.

For the compensation of the other, except doctors, staff of the NIMTS, paragraphs A.1, A.2 and A.3 of article 20 of Law 4354/2015 (A΄ 176), on compensation for overtime work, apply accordingly of the mandatory working hours, without taking into account the upper limits of working hours provided for in the said provisions, is reported accordingly.

Also, “from what is contained herein, a potential additional expense is caused to the budget of the Ministry of Health for the remuneration of the staff of the entities mentioned therein, as well as to the expense of the budget of the EOPYY for the expense of the medical treatment of the mentioned patients, which costs at this stage cannot be determined, because they will depend on actual events (number of staff to be allocated, number of patients to be transported, seriousness of incidents).

Regarding E.O.P.Y.Y. this expenditure will be covered by the registered appropriations of its budget and in case of insufficiency an additional grant will be needed to avoid a possible increase in arrears. In any case, the above expenditure in the part concerning staff fees, will be covered by the registered appropriations of the regular budget of the Ministry of Health” it is added.

The decision of the Deputy Ministers of National Economy & Finance, National Defense and Health was posted today in Diaugia.

It is recalled that 50 hospital beds and intensive care and intensive care beds of NIMTS were granted to the Greek public between April 1 and June 30, 2024 for the same reasons.