List of hospitals in Greece

This is a list of hospitals in Greece. The list contains links to notable hospitals in Greece. As of 2005, there were 327 hospitals in Greece, including public and private hospitals.[1] The number of hospitals declined to 283 by 2017.[2] At the moment there are about 200 hospitals.

Hospitals

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The active Greek hospitals are listed in this table, along with their location, the year they opened and references. The Greek word agios (saint) is commonly used in names of hospitals. The oldest active hospital is the Elpis Hospital in Athens, founded in 1842.[3] The oldest hospital is the Syros General Hospital in Ermoupoli, Syros, founded 1827 during the Greek revolution.

19 hospitals that were founded in the 19th century. 7 hospitals in Athens, 2 hospitals (1 closed in 2013) in Thessaloniki and Patras (1 closed in 1871) and 1 hospital in Syros, Ioannina, Volos, Missolonghi, Tripoli, Rethymno, Lesbos, Samos and Chios.

Attica

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Name
(other name)
Location Established
251 Hellenic Air Force General Hospital Athens 1945
401 Hellenic Army General Military Hospital of Athens Athens 1904
414 Hellenic Army General Military Hospital Special Diseases Penteli, Attica 1952
417 NIMTS (Army Equity Fund Hospital) Athens 1946,[4]
Agia Eleni-Spiliopouleio Hospital Athens 1916
Agioi Anargyroi Hospital Kifissia, Athens 1969
Agios Savvas Anti-Cancer Hospital Athens 1935
Aiginiteio Hospital Athens 1904
Alexandra General Hospital Athens 1954
Amalia Fleming General Hospital[Note 1] Melissia, Athens 1986
Andreas Sygros Venereal and Dermatological Hospital Athens 1910
Aretaio Hospital Athens 1898
Asclepeion Hospital of Voula Voula, Athens 1921
Attikon General Hospital Chaidari, Athens 2002
Agios Panteleimonas General Hospital Nikaia, Piraeus 1952
Aiginition Hospital Athens 1909[5]
Athens Day Care Center "Nikos Kourkoulos" Athens 2017
Athens General State Hospital "Georgios Gennimatas" Athens 1958
Athens Eye Hospital Athens 1854[3]
Agia Sofia Children's Hospital Athens 1901[3]
Daphni Psychiatric Hospital[Note 2] Chaidari, Athens 1925
Dromokaiteio Psychiatric Hospital Chaidari, Athens 1887
Elena Gynecological Hospital Athens 1933
Elpis Hospital Athens 1842[3][7]
Evangelismos Hospital[Note 3] Kolonaki, Athens 1884[8][9][3]
Evgenidion Hospital Athens 1975
Henry Dunant Hospital Athens 2000
Hera Maternity Hospital (Private) Cholargos, Athens 1978
Hygeia Hospital (Diagnostic and Therapeutic Center of Athens) [Note 4] Athens 1970
Iaso Maternity Hospital (Private) Marousi, Athens 1996
Ippokrateion Hospital Athens 1908
KAT Hospital Kifissia, Athens 1963
Konstantopouleio Hospital "Agia Olga" Nea Ionia, Athens 1923
Korgialeneio Benakeio Hellenic Red Cross Hospital Athens 1930
Kythira General Hospital - Health Center "Triphyllio" Kythira, Attica 1953
Laiko General Hospital[Note 5] Athens 1963
Lyto Maternity Hospital (Private) Athens 1970
Medical Center (Private) Marousi, Athens 1984
Metaxa Anti-Cancer Hospital Piraeus, Attica 1967
Metropolitan Hospital (Private) Piraeus, Attica 2001[11]
Mother Maternity Hospital (Private) Marousi, Athens 1979
National Rehabilitation Center Kamatero, Athens 1945
Naval Hospital of Athens Athens 1869
Naval Hospital of Piraeus Piraeus, Attica 1924
Onassio Cardiac Surgery Centre Kallithea, Athens 1992
Pammakaristos General Hospital Athens 1953
Panagiotis & Aglaia Kyriakou Children's Hospital Athens 1938
Patisia Health Center Athens 2018
Penteli Children's Hospital Penteli, Attica 1981
Rhea Maternity Hospital (Private) Palaio Faliro, Athens 2007
Sismanogleio General Hospital Vrilissia, Athens 1936
Sotiria Thoracic Diseases Hospital Athens 1902
Thriasseio Western Athens General Hospital Magoula, Attica 1995
Tzanio Hospital Piraeus, Attica 1873

Former hospitals

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Name
(other name)
Location Operating period
First IKA Hospital, Formerly "Papadimitriou" Melissia, Athens 1936-2011
Polykliniki General Hospital Athens 1903-2013
Patisia General Hospital Ano Patisia, Athens 1968-2013
General Hospital of Western Attica "Agia Varvara" Agia Varvara, Athens 1903-2013
Nursing Merchant Marine Foundation Melissia, Athens 1948-1982

Thessaloniki

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Name
(other name)
Location Established/New building
424 Hellenic Army General Military Training Hospital Thessaloniki 1912
Agios Loukas Hospital (Private) [Note 6] Panorama, Thessaloniki 1975[12]
AHEPA University Hospital Thessaloniki 1947
Interbalkan Medical Center (Private) Thessaloniki 2000[9]
Ippokrateion General Hospital Thessaloniki 1908 (1983)
Papageorgiou General Hospital Efkarpia, Thessaloniki 1999
Papanikolaou General Hospital Exochi, Thessaloniki 1920
Thessaloniki Anti-Cancer Hospital "Theageneio" Thessaloniki 1895
Thessaloniki General Hospital "Agios Dimitrios" Thessaloniki 1901
Thessaloniki General Hospital "Agios Pavlos" Kalamaria, Thessaloniki 1987
Thessaloniki General Hospital "Georgios Gennimatas" Thessaloniki 1916
Thessaloniki Psychiatric Hospital Stavroupoli, Thessaloniki 1917
Thessaloniki Venereal and Skin Diseases Hospital Thessaloniki 1917

Former hospitals

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Name
(other name)
Location Operating period
Second IKA Hospital "Panagia" Kalamaria, Thessaloniki 1952-2013
Thessaloniki Special Diseases Hospital Thessaloniki 1894-2013

Central Greece

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Name
(other name)
Location Established
Amfissa General Hospital Amfissa 1953
Chalcis General Hospital Chalcis, Euboea 2020
Karpenisi General Hospital Karpenisi 1956
Karystos General Hospital - Health Center Karystos, Euboea 1949
Kymi General Hospital - Health Center Kymi, Euboea 1980
Lamia General Hospital Lamia 1946
Livadeia General Hospital Livadeia 1967
Thebes General Hospital Thebes 1951

Central Macedonia

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Name
(other name)
Location Established
Chalkidiki General Hospital Polygyros
Edessa General Hospital Edessa 1925
Giannitsa General Hospital Giannitsa 1908
Goumenissa General Hospital Goumenissa 1936
Katerini General Hospital Katerini 1944
Kilkis General Hospital Kilkis 1928
Naousa General Hospital Naousa 1940
Serres General Hospital Serres 1949
Veria General Hospital Veria 1924

Western Macedonia

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Name
(other name)
Location Established
Florina General Hospital "Eleni Dimitriou" Florina 1934
Grevena General Hospital Grevena 1945
Kastoria General Hospital Kastoria 1936
Kozani General Hospital "Mamatseio" Kozani 1923
Ptolemaida General Hospital "Mpodosakeio" Ptolemaida 1984

Eastern Macedonia and Thrace

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Name
(other name)
Location Established
212 Mobile Surgical Hospital of Xanthi Xanthi 1987
216 Mobile Surgical Hospital of Alexandroupoli Alexandroupoli 1953
Alexandoroupoli University Hospital Alexandroupoli 1939
Didimoteicho General Hospital Didymoteicho 1946
Drama General Hospital Drama 1959
Kavala General Hospital Kavala 1900
Komotini Hospital "Sismanogleio" Komotini 1937
Xanthi General Hospital Xanthi 1929

Epirus

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Name
(other name)
Location Established/New building
Arta General Hospital Arta 1945
Filiates General Hospital Filiates, Thesprotia 1947 (1991)
Ioannina General Hospital "G. Chatzikostas" Ioannina 1845 (1987)
Ioannina University General Hospital Ioannina 1986
Preveza General Hospital Preveza 1972

Thessaly

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Name
(other name)
Location Established/New building
404 Hellenic Army General Military Hospital of Larissa Larissa 1936
Karditsa General Hospital Karditsa 1935 (1985)
Larissa General Hospital "Koutlimpaneio-Triantafyleio" Larissa 1895
Larissa University General Hospital Larissa 1999
Trikala General Hospital Trikala 1950
Volos General Hospital "Achilopouleio" Volos 1885

Western Greece

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Name
(other name)
Location Established/New building
Aetolia-Acarnania General Hospital - Nursing unit of Agrinio Agrinio 1933
Aetolia-Acarnania General Hospital - Nursing unit of Missolonghi Missolonghi 1852
Aigio General Hospital Aigio 1958
Amaliada General Hospital Amaliada 1949
Patras General Hospital "Agios Andreas" Patras 1871 (1973 & 2017)
Kalavryta General Hospital - Health Center Kalavryta 1943
Kato Achaia Health Center Kato Achaia 1973
Kyanous Stavros of Patras (Private) Patras 2002
Patras General Children's Hospital "Karamandaneio" Patras 1937
Patras Maternity Clinic (Private) Patras 1978
Patras Olympion Therapeftirion (Private) Patras 2004
Pyrgos General Hospital "Andreas Papandreou" Pyrgos 2004
Rigopoulos General Clinic "Protoklitos" (Private) Patras 1925
Trigas Nephros Chronic Hemodialysis Unit (Private) Patras 2021
University General Hospital of Patras "Panagia i Voitheia" Rio, Patras 1988[9]

Former hospitals

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Name
(other name)
Location Operating period
Evaggelismos Clinic (Private) Patras 1976-2002
Ιο Maternity Clinic (Private) Patras 1933-2018
Old Municipal Hospital of Patras Patras 1857-1871
Solomos Orthopedic Clinic (Private) Patras 1970-2014

Peloponnese

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Name
(other name)
Location Established
411 Hellenic Army General Military Hospital of Tripoli Tripoli 1912
Argolida General Hospital - Nursing unit of Argos Argos 1973
Argolida General Hospital - Nursing unit of Nafplio Nafplio 1941
Corinth General Hospital Corinth 1965
Laconia General Hospital Sparta 1953
Messenia General Hospital - Nursing unit of Kalamata Kalamata 2000
Messenia General Hospital - Nursing unit of Kyparissia Kyparissia 1947
Tripoli Panarcadic General Hospital "I Evagelistria" Tripoli 1896

Crete

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Name
(other name)
Location Established
Agios Nikolaos General Hospital Agios Nikolaos 1940
Chania General Hospital "Agios Georgios" Chania 1905[13]
Crete Navy Hospital Chania 1969
Heraklion General Hospital "Venizeleio-Pananeio" Heraklion 1953
Ierapetra General Hospital Ierapetra 1955
Neapoli General Hospital "Dialynakeio" Neapoli 1944
Rethymno General Hospital Rethymno 1899
Sitia General Hospital Sitia 1947
University General Hospital of Heraklion Heraklion 1989

North Aegean

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Name
(other name)
Location Established/New building
Chios General Hospital "Skylitsio" Chios 1886 (1983)
Ikaria General Hospital - Health Center "Panikarion" Agios Kirykos 1958 (1987)
Lemnos General Hospital - Health Center Myrina 1937 (1987)
Lesbos General Hospital "Vostaneio" Mytilene 1858 (1935 & 1953)[9][14]
Samos General Hospital "Agios Panteleimon" Vathy 1877 (1948)

South Aegean

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Name
(other name)
Location Established/New building
Syros General Hospital "Vardakeio & Proio" Ermoupoli 1827 (1958)
Kalymnos General Hospital - Health Center "Bouvaleio" Pothia 1926 (1971)
Karpathos General Hospital "Agios Ioannis o Karpathios" Karpathos 1958 (2017)[15]
Kos General Hospital - Health Center "Ippokrateion" Kos 1930 (1987)
Leros State Hospital - General Hospital - Health Center Lakki 1957 (1993)
Naxos General Hospital - Health Center Naxos 1987 (2001)
Rhodes General Hospital "Andreas Papandreou" Rhodes 1938 (2001)
Thira General Hospital Santorini 2016

Ionian Islands

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Name
(other name)
Location Established/New building
Corfu General Hospital "Agia Eirini" Corfu 1726 (1953)
Kefalonia General Hospital "Agios Gerasimos" Argostoli 1989
Lefkada General Hospital Lefkada 1953
Lixouri General Hospital "Mantzavinateio" Lixouri 1957
Zakynthos General Hospital "Agios Dionysios" Zakynthos 1966

Notes

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  1. ^ Amalia Fleming General Hospital was named after Amalia Fleming, a notable physician.
  2. ^ The Daphni Psychiatric Hospital is the largest hospital in Greece.[6]
  3. ^ Evangelismo Hospital is the largest public general hospital in Greece
  4. ^ The Hygeia Hospital was the first private hospital in Greece.[10]
  5. ^ Peoples General Hospital was previously known as Laiko General Hospital
  6. ^ St. Luke's Hospital is a private hospital managed by Greek Med Top Partners
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See also

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In ancient Greece, temples dedicated to the healer-god Asclepius, known as Asclepeion functioned as centres of medical advice, prognosis, and healing.[16]

References

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  1. ^ "The Greece Hospital System". ICU Management and Practice. 2008. Retrieved February 24, 2022.
  2. ^ "Healthcare in Greece" (PDF). Deloitte. 2017. Retrieved February 24, 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d e "The hospitals of Athens". Ekathimerini (in Greek). 6 November 2005. Retrieved February 25, 2022.
  4. ^ "The 76 years of operation of NIMTS Hospital". Greek defence news (in Greek). 26 February 2018.
  5. ^ "Eginition Hospital". Things to see in Athens. Retrieved February 25, 2022.
  6. ^ ΠΡΟΤΑΣΗ ΛΕΙΤΟΥΡΓΙΚΩΝ ΑΝΑΔΙΑΤΑΞΕΩΝ ΜΟΝΑΔΩΝ ΥΓΕΙΑΣ ΕΣΥ (PDF) (in Greek). www.tovima.gr. 1 July 2011. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
  7. ^ "The hope of 156 years". Kathimerini (in Greek). 17 April 2009. Retrieved February 25, 2022.
  8. ^ "Feature: Largest public hospital mirrors Greece's effective COVID-19 fight". Xinhua. April 26, 2020. Archived from the original on May 9, 2020. Retrieved February 24, 2022.
  9. ^ a b c d "Medical List" (PDF). US Embassy, Athens. 2018. Retrieved February 24, 2022.
  10. ^ "Timeline". Hygei Hospital. Retrieved February 24, 2022.
  11. ^ "FACILITIES & EQUIPMENT". Metropolitan Hospital. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
  12. ^ "St. Luke's Hospital". Greek Med Top Partners. 13 August 2016. Retrieved February 25, 2022.
  13. ^ "General Hospital of Chania". Stavros Niarchos Foundation. Retrieved February 25, 2022.
  14. ^ "The History of Vostaneio Hospital of Mytilene". Researchgage. Retrieved February 26, 2022.
  15. ^ "Εφημερίδα της Κυβερνήσεως, αρ. τεύχος Α΄, αρ.φ. 115, σ. 2045, 7/8/2017".
  16. ^ Risse, G.B. Mending bodies, saving souls: a history of hospitals. 1990. p. 56

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