Greek health system crumbles under weight of crisi
Jun 15, 2012 6:30:19 GMT -5
Post by popcorn on Jun 15, 2012 6:30:19 GMT -5
Greek health system crumbles under weight of crisis 
Reuters) - Greece's rundown state hospitals are cutting off vital drugs, limiting non-urgent operations and rationing even basic medical materials for exhausted doctors as a combination of economic crisis and political stalemate strangle health funding.
With Greece now in its fifth year of deep recession, trapped under Europe's biggest public debt burden and dependent on international help to keep paying its bills, the effects are starting to bite deeply into vital services.
www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/14/us-greece-health-idUSBRE85D1IO20120614
Reuters) - Greece's rundown state hospitals are cutting off vital drugs, limiting non-urgent operations and rationing even basic medical materials for exhausted doctors as a combination of economic crisis and political stalemate strangle health funding.
With Greece now in its fifth year of deep recession, trapped under Europe's biggest public debt burden and dependent on international help to keep paying its bills, the effects are starting to bite deeply into vital services.
www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/14/us-greece-health-idUSBRE85D1IO20120614