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Haniotes seeking support
"Doctors of the World" on Boniali street, Hania, have recorded rapid growth of those seeking free medical care at their Hania offices, with many of those seeking help having lost their jobs and being no longer entitled to access to free and reduced drugs via the Greek social health system. (Note: in Greece the social security and health systems require that you pay into them to receive benefits, there are few social benefits and the health system is not available free to all).
According to data of "Doctors of the World", more than 2,500 people have requested assistance from the clinic of "Doctors" in Chania since the beginning of the year, with the percentage of Greeks who resort to "Medecins du Monde" around 10 to 15%, while in the past Greeks made up just 1 to 2% of those seeking help, with the rest being foreigners. Furthermore, for the first time, there is an increase of people also seeking food.
Social Pharmacy
A social pharmacy in Chania is expected to start functioning this month, for several vulnerable groups, at the Labour Centre Εργατικού Κέντρου, set up by the Pharmaceutical Association of Chania, the Medical Association of Chania and Chania Labor Center.
The social pharmacy will be housed in two rooms at the Labour Centre, will be run by volunteers from the above medical groups and will offer free drugs to both Greeks and foreigners who can not afford to buy them.
Translated from Haniotika Nea
ΓΙΑΤΡΟΥΣ ΤΟΥ ΚΟΣΜΟΥ
11 Boniali str., 73 133 Chania
Τel: 28210 23110
Doctors of the World website for Greece
Volunteer: http://mdmgreece.gr
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