This is a list of hospitals in Greece. The list contains links to notable hospitals in
Greece
Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to th ...
. As of 2005, there were 327 hospitals in Greece, including public and private hospitals.
The number of hospitals declined to 283 by 2017. At the moment there are about 200 hospitals.
Hospitals
The active Greek hospitals are listed in this table, along with their location, the year they opened and references. The Greek word ''
agios
''Agios'' (), plural ''Agioi'' (), transcribes masculine gender Greek words meaning 'sacred' or 'saint' (for example Agios Dimitrios, Agioi Anargyroi). It is frequently shortened in colloquial language to ''Ai'' (for example Agios Efstratios, Ai S ...
'' (saint) is commonly used in names of hospitals. The oldest active hospital is the Elpis Hospital in Athens, founded in 1842.
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 in Thessaloniki (1 closed in 2013) and Patras (1 closed in 1871) and 1 hospital in Syros, Ioannina, Volos, Missolonghi, Tripoli, Rethymno, Lesbos, Samos and Chios.
Attica
Former hospitals
Thessaloniki
Former hospitals
Central Greece
Central Macedonia
Western Macedonia
Eastern Macedonia and Thrace
Epirus
Thessaly
Western Greece
Former hospitals
Peloponnese
Crete
North Aegean
South Aegean
Ionian Islands
Notes
Gallery
See also
In
ancient Greece
Ancient Greece () was a northeastern Mediterranean civilization, existing from the Greek Dark Ages of the 12th–9th centuries BC to the end of classical antiquity (), that comprised a loose collection of culturally and linguistically r ...
, temples dedicated to the healer-god
Asclepius
Asclepius (; ''Asklēpiós'' ; ) is a hero and god of medicine in ancient Religion in ancient Greece, Greek religion and Greek mythology, mythology. He is the son of Apollo and Coronis (lover of Apollo), Coronis, or Arsinoe (Greek myth), Ars ...
, known as
Asclepeion
An Asclepieion ( ''Asklepieion''; Ἀσκλαπιεῖον in Doric dialect; Latin ''aesculapīum''), plurally Asclepieia, was a healing temple in ancient Greece (and in the wider Hellenistic and Roman world) that was dedicated to Asclepius, t ...
functioned as centres of medical advice, prognosis, and healing.
[ Risse, G.B. ''Mending bodies, saving souls: a history of hospitals.'' 1990. p. 56]
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Ancient Greek medicine
Ancient Greek medicine was a compilation of theories and practices that were constantly expanding through new ideologies and trials. The Greek term for medicine was ''iatrikē'' (). Many components were considered in Ancient Greece, ancient Greek ...
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Byzantine medicine
Byzantine medicine encompasses the common medical practices of the Byzantine Empire from c. 400 AD to 1453 AD. Byzantine medicine was notable for building upon the knowledge base developed by its Greco-Roman predecessors. In preserving medical pr ...
References
General references:
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Risse, Guenter B. ''Mending Bodies, Saving Souls: A History of Hospitals'' (1999); world coverage
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Hospitals
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Greece
Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to th ...
Greece
Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to th ...