Health in Southern Europe

  • Sofia, capital of Bulgaria.

    BULGARIA, 2015/05/03 Figures for Croatia’s people in 2014 showed a rapid loss of people, a process that is as well visible in other Balkan nations. Croatia’s bureau of statistics, DZS, said the new figures on Croatia in 2014 show a rapid decrease in the size of the people. It said 39,596 people were born in 2014 in the country of 4.2 million inhabitants, which was 2.7 % less than in 2013. Meanwhile, over the same period, some 52,427 people died, which was 1.4 % additional than died in 2013.

  • Health-sector protest in Athens against suspensions and layoffs

    GREECE, 2013/12/16 The proposed transformation of Greece's major national-run healthcare insurer from a primary medical provider into a wholesale buyer of healthcare services -- along with layoffs of about 2,300 physicians -- marks the new austerity-generated standoff in the country. Under pressure by institutional lenders, the government said it wants to reduce public sector spending and waste, but physicians argue that across-the-board austerity is undermining their ability to treat patients. According to the government's draft legislation, EOPPY -- established in 2012 by merging various national-controlled insurance funds -- will purchase healthcare services from both the public and private sector.

  • Hospitals may be closed to reduce costs in Greece

    GREECE, 2013/07/03 Greek Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis visited Geniko Kratiko Hospital in central Athens on Sunday night, a few hours next saying that he would be prepared to shut down hospitals in order to reduce healthcare spending. Georgiadis, as Kathimerini online reports, used Twitter to thank the hospital staff next his visit, saying that they were "fighting hard." In a newspaper interview on Sunday, Georgiadis said that he would oversee stringent checks on spending at hospitals and would replace top executives over the next couple of weeks. "If I have to close hospitals, I will do so," said Georgiadis. 

  • Report highlights state of children's health

    TURKEY, 2013/05/26 Children in Turkey and the Balkans are living healthier and happier lives thanks to improvements in health services and civil society engagement. That's one conclusion from a statement published formerly this month by the international NGO Save the Children. The group assessed maternal health, education, child mortality and gain in 176 nations to paint a general picture of children's rights in the world. The 10 worst nations to be a mother are amount in sub-Saharan Africa, while Finland is the best, according to the statement.

  • Croatia has top class surgeons,

    CROATIA, 2013/02/13 Croatia has top class surgeons, advanced medical technology and, according to recent research by the portal CroMedicor, up to 65 % cheaper prices for plastic surgery than the EU. Breast enlargement operations in Croatia cost around 3,300 euro less than they do in Italy, and 1,159 euro less than in Germany, whilst ear pinning costs 500 euro less in Croatia than in Slovenia and a massive 3,145 euro less than in the UK.
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