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QuoteDid British tourist die in Kalymnos due to lack of ambulance services?A 74-year-old British woman died on the island of Kalymnos on September 3. The Panhellenic Federation opt Public Hospital Employees (POEDIN) issued a statement alleging the woman might have been saved if an ambulance had been available to transport her to the island hospital. The statement by POEDIN points out that the island of Kalymnos, which has 16.000 permeant residents, a number which rises significantly during summer does not have a night shift ambulance.http://en.protothema.gr/british-tourist-dies-in-kalymnos-due-to-lack-of-ambulance-services/
Did British tourist die in Kalymnos due to lack of ambulance services?A 74-year-old British woman died on the island of Kalymnos on September 3. The Panhellenic Federation opt Public Hospital Employees (POEDIN) issued a statement alleging the woman might have been saved if an ambulance had been available to transport her to the island hospital. The statement by POEDIN points out that the island of Kalymnos, which has 16.000 permeant residents, a number which rises significantly during summer does not have a night shift ambulance.
Few public sectors have been hit by budget cuts as hard as Greece’s health system during the course of the country’s prolonged economic crisis. Shortages are widespread, the result of cuts demanded by the EU and International Monetary Fund in return for emergency bailout funds to keep the debt-stricken country afloat.In rural areas cardiologists are almost non–existent along with X-ray machines and other basic equipment.Last year a Briton in need of surgery on a badly broken leg was removed from an ambulance and placed on a stretcher among cars on a ferry as he was transferred from the island of Paxos to Igoumenitsa on the mainland.“The ambulance didn’t have a ticket for the boat so he was left on a stretcher in the ferry in its car park before being picked up by another ambulance on the other side,” said Giannakos. “Such incidents make a mockery of us internationally.”Health ministry officials acknowledged that even Santorini and Mykonos, part of the famous Cyclades island chain and among the most popular tourist destinations in the world, lack intensive care units. The islands attract more tourists than any other part of Greece.
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