Nationwide health mobilization they are planning for tomorrow, Wednesday 22.02.2023, doctors and nurses in the Public Health System, with a gathering in Mavili Square at 08:30 am. and march to the Ministry of Health.

The Panhellenic Federation of Employees in Public Hospitals (POEDIN), in its announcement, talks about underfunding and understaffing of Hospitals, stressing that “the Public Health System proved its invaluable and irreplaceable role during the pandemic. So he can’t Public Health Expenditures to remain at 5% of GDP (M.O. European countries 7.5% of GDP). This is how the quality of services degrades, the System is privatized slowly but surely and citizens put their hands deep in their pockets to buy health services”. Overdue debts to Hospitals exceed 1 billion. euro adds POEDIN, as a result of which there is no possibility of renewing or maintaining the equipment and infrastructure. She states her opposition to the operation of paid evening surgeries, noting: “We will not allow the privatization of the System.”

He adds that within the framework of the memorandum commitments, 10 Hospitals were closed 10 years ago and since then “the shrinking – merger – abolition of thirty-five (35) Hospitals that lost their legal independence, as well as other Hospitals in the region, is being planned”.

He mentions that due to long-term responsibilities we have the fewest hospital beds of the European Union countries. They operate 3.5 beds per 100,000 inhabitants (a total of 35,000 beds) when in other European countries there are 5.3 beds per 100,000 inhabitants.

The Federation also requests the resolution of financial and institutional demands of the sector and the reinforcement of Hospitals with staff. According to POEDIN, contract workers make up 35% of the employees in Hospitals and if they are fired, the Hospitals will be locked out.