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[h=1]Athens? Hospital of Hope[/h] [h=2]The Elpis Hospital strives against all odds to treat as many patients as possible as country faces healthcare crisis.[/h] 19 Jul 2015 10:52 GMT
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Budget cuts, he insists, have brought ruin upon the country?s medical infrastructure.
"We?re a medium-sized hospital, 220 beds," Dr Giannaros tells me. "In 2009, our budget was about $20m. In 2014, it was about $7m - that is one third of what we got in 2009."
The sickly economy, Dr Giannaros assures me, has meant more people are ailing and fewer are being treated than ever before.
http://www.aljazeera.com/blogs/europe/2015/07/greece-athens-healthcare-150719102348373.html
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Budget cuts, he insists, have brought ruin upon the country?s medical infrastructure.
"We?re a medium-sized hospital, 220 beds," Dr Giannaros tells me. "In 2009, our budget was about $20m. In 2014, it was about $7m - that is one third of what we got in 2009."
The sickly economy, Dr Giannaros assures me, has meant more people are ailing and fewer are being treated than ever before.
http://www.aljazeera.com/blogs/europe/2015/07/greece-athens-healthcare-150719102348373.html