The iestablishment and operation of the first epilepsy center in Cretebased at the University General Hospital of Heraklion, will be financially supported by the Pancreatic Union of America, as was emphasized during a meeting of the president of the Union, Diana Kounalakis, with the regional governor of Crete, Stavros Arnautakis.

During the meeting, which was also attended by the Pancreatic Union of America, the first vice-president Yiannis Marakis, the youth supervisor Olga Markogiannakis, the president of the charity committee Evangelia Hobitakis, the representative of Pancretic America in Eastern Crete Ippokrates Beladakis and the deputy professor of Neurology at the University of Crete Yannis Karakis, there was an update on the course of the Pan-Cretan Union, the relationship with Crete, as well as the long-term cooperation with the Region of Crete, which supports the work of the Cretan emigrants.

Mrs. Kounalaki announced to the regional governor of Crete her new major social contribution Pancreatic Union of America for the establishment and operation of the first epilepsy center in Crete and as the regional governor Stavros Arnautakis said: “The charitable donation of the Pankriti Union will contribute financially and support our work for the operation of the epilepsy center in PAGNI. Through the long-term cooperation with the Pancretan Union of America, which always offers for social cohesion and fellow human beings, the Cretans of America, who are essential helpers of Crete on a socio-economic level. That is why we are proud of our Cretans.” He also said that as the Region of Crete, “we will financially support the new initiative of the Pan-Cretan Union of America. It is also particularly important that Greek scientists who were abroad, such as Mr. Karakis, returned to the homeland where they studied and now offer their scientific knowledge to Greece”, said regional governor Stavros Arnautakis.

For his part, the associate professor of Neurology at the University of Crete, Yiannis Karakis, said that with the help of the University of Crete, the PAGNI of the Pancreatic Union of America, and also the Region of Crete, the epilepsy center will operate which will help in the identification of epileptic seizures. , their classification and their quantification. The center will make it possible to treat epilepsy patients in Crete, but also more widely in southern Greece, Mr. Karakis pointed out.