List of hospitals in Greece

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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]

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Hospitals

The active Greek hospitals are listed in this table, along with their location, number of staffed beds, 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]

Hospitals in Greece
Hospital NameLocationBedsOpened, References
251 Hellenic Air Force General Hospital Athens 1945
401 Hellenic Army general military Hospital of Athens Athens 1904
404 Hellenic Army general military Hospital of Larissa Larissa 1936
424 Hellenic Army General Military Training Hospital Thessaloniki 1912
417 NIMTS (Army Equity Fund Hospital) Athens 4051946, [4]
AHEPA University Hospital Thessaloniki 6801947
Agios Andreas Hospital Patras 4001973
Agios Dimitrios Hospital Thessaloniki 1901 [5]
Agios Nikolaos General HospitalCrete, Agios Nikolaos 1940
Agios Panteleimonas HospitalAthens, Nikaia 1952
Agia Sofia Children's Hospital Athens 1901 [3]
Agios Savvas Anti-Cancer Hospital Athens 1935
Aigio General Hospital Aigio 1001958
Alexandra General Hospital Athens 3501954
Alexandroupoli University Hospital Alexandroupoli 1939
Amalia Fleming General Hospital [Note 1] Athens, Melissia 1986
Amaliada General Hospital Amaliada
Amfissa General Hospital Amfissa 1953
Argos General Hospital Argos, Peloponnese
Asclepeion Hospital of Voula Athens, Voula 1921
Athens Eye HospitalAthens1854 [3]
Athens Medical Center [Note 2] Athens, Maroussi 1984
Attikon General HospitalAthens, Chaidari 2002
Chania General Hospital, St. GeorgeCrete, Chania 4501905 [5] [6]
Chalkida General Hospital Chalcis, Euboea
Chios Skylitsio General Hospital Chios, Aegean Sea [5]
Corfu General Hospital Corfu, Ionian Islands 1953 [5]
Corinth General Hospital Corinth, Peloponnese 1965
Daphni Psychiatric Hospital [Note 3] Athens, Chaidari 1,3251925
Hygeia Hospital (Diagnostic and Therapeutic Center of Athens) [Note 4] Athens 1975 [5]
Dromokaiteio Psychiatric HospitalAthens, Chaidari 1887
Elena Gynecological Hospital Athens
Eginition Hospital Athens 1909 [9]
Elpis Hospital  [ el ] Athens 2601842 [3] [10]
Evangelismos Hospital [Note 5] Athens, Kolonaki 1,0001884 [11] [5] [3]
Evgenidion Hospital Athens
Georgios Gennimatas General State Hospital Athens 1958
Interbalkan Medical Center (Private) Thessaloniki 3632000 [5]
Chatzikostas Hospital Ioannina
Ioannina University Hospital Ioannina [5]
Ippokrateion Hospital Athens 1908
Ippokrateion General Hospital Thessaloniki 1983
Karditsa General Hospital Karditsa 1935
Kastoria General Hospital Kastoria 1936
KAT Hospital Athens, Kifissia 6501963
Kavala General Hospital Kavala 1900
Kefalonia General Hospital Cephalonia, Ionian Islands [5]
Mamatseio General Hospital Kozani 1923
Sismanogleio General Hospital Komotini 1937
Kos General Hospital Kos, Dodecanese [5]
Korgialeneio Benakeio Hellenic Red Cross Hospital Athens 1930
Peoples General Hospital [Note 6] Athens 1963
Lamia General Hospital Lamia
Larissa General Hospital Larissa 1895
Larissa University Hospital Larissa 1999
Magoula HospitalAthens, Magoula
Metaxa Anti-Cancer HospitalAthens, Piraeus
Metropolitan Hospital (Private)Athens, Piraeus 300 [12]
Vostaneio General Hospital of Mytilene Mytilene, Lesbos [5] [13]
Naval Hospital of Athens Athens 2341955
PAGNI HospitalCrete, Heraklion
Panagiotis & Aglaia Kyriakou Children's Hospital Athens
Papanikolaou General Hospital Thessaloniki 1920
General Prefecture Hospital of Ikaria Icaria, Aegean Sea
Pammakaristos General Hospital Athens
Papageorgiou General Hospital Thessaloniki 1999
Penteli Children's HospitalAthens, Penteli
Polyklinikh General Hospital Athens 1903
Pyrgos General Hospital Pyrgos
Rethymno General HospitalCrete, Rethymno [5]
General University Hospital of Patras Patras, Rio, next to the University of Patras 8001988 [5]
Rhodes General Hospital Rhodes
Samos General Hospital-Agios Panteleimon Samos 1948 (1877)
St. Luke's Hospital [Note 7] Thessaloniki, Panorama 2781975 [14]
Serres General Hospital Serres 1949
Sotiria Thoracic Diseases Hospital Athens 1902
Sparta General Hospital Sparta 1953
Sismanogleio General Hospital Athens, Vrilissia 1936
Andreas Sygrou Venereal and Dermatological Hospital Athens 1910 [3]
Thriasseio Western Athens General HospitalAthens, Magoula
Trikala General Hospital Trikala 1950
Tripoli General Hospital Tripoli 1896
Tzanio HospitalAthens, Piraeus 1873
Venizeleio HospitalCrete, Heraklion [5]
Achilopouleio General Hospital Volos 1885 [5]
Zakynthos General Hospital Zakynthos, Ionian Sea 1966 [5]

Notes

  1. Amalia Fleming General Hospital was named after Amalia Fleming, a notable physician.
  2. Athens Medical Center is a private hospital managed by Iatriko Kentro
  3. The Daphni Psychiatric Hospital is the largest hospital in Greece. [7]
  4. The Hygeia Hospital was the first private hospital in Greece. [8]
  5. Evangelismo Hospital is the largest public general hospital in Greece
  6. Peoples General Hospital was previously known as Laiko General Hospital
  7. St. Luke's Hospital is a private hospital managed by Greek Med Top Partners

See also

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