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. 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 (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 Name (other name) Location Established 251 Hellenic Air Force General Hospital Athens1945 401 Hellenic Army General Military Hospital of Athens Athens1904414 Hellenic Army General Military Hospital Special DiseasesPenteli, Attica1952 417 NIMTS (Army Equity Fund Hospital) Athens1946,Agia Eleni-Spiliopouleio Hospital Athens1916Agioi Anargyroi Hospital Kifissia, Athens 1969 Agios Savvas Anti-Cancer Hospital Athens 1935Aiginiteio Hospital Athens 1904 Alexandra General Hospital Athens 1954 Amalia Fleming General Hospital Melissia, Athens 1986Andreas Sygros Venereal and Dermatological Hospital Athens1910Aretaio HospitalAthens1898Asclepeion Hospital of VoulaVoula, Athens1921 Attikon General Hospital Chaidari, Athens2002Agios Panteleimonas General HospitalNikaia, Piraeus1952 Aiginition Hospital Athens1909Athens Day Care Center "Nikos Kourkoulos"Athens2017Athens General State Hospital "Georgios Gennimatas"Athens1958 Athens Eye Hospital Athens 1854Agia Sofia Children's HospitalAthens1901Daphni Psychiatric Hospital Chaidari, Athens1925Dromokaiteio Psychiatric Hospital Chaidari, Athens1887Elena Gynecological HospitalAthens1933Elpis HospitalAthens1842Evangelismos Hospital Kolonaki, Athens1884 Evgenidion Hospital Athens1975Henry Dunant HospitalAthens2000Hera Maternity Hospital (Private)Cholargos, Athens1978Hygeia Hospital (Diagnostic and Therapeutic Center of Athens) Athens1970Iaso Maternity Hospital (Private)Marousi, Athens1996Ippokrateion Hospital Athens1908KAT HospitalKifissia, Athens1963Konstantopouleio Hospital "Agia Olga"Nea Ionia, Athens1923Kythira General Hospital - Health Center "Triphyllio"Kythira, Attica1953 Laiko General Hospital Athens1963Lyto Maternity Hospital (Private)Athens1970Medical Center (Private)Marousi, Athens1984 Metaxa Anti-Cancer Hospital Piraeus, Attica1967 Metropolitan Hospital (Private)Piraeus, Attica 2001Mother Maternity Hospital (Private)Marousi, Athens1979National Rehabilitation CenterKamatero, Athens1945Naval Hospital of Athens Athens1869Naval Hospital of PiraeusPiraeus, Attica1924Onassio Cardiac Surgery CentreKallithea, Athens1992Pammakaristos General Hospital Athens1953Panagiotis & Aglaia Kyriakou Children's Hospital Athens1938Patisia Health CenterAthens2018Penteli Children's Hospital Penteli, Attica1981Rhea Maternity Hospital (Private)Palaio Faliro, Athens2007Sismanogleio General HospitalVrilissia, Athens1936Sotiria Thoracic Diseases Hospital Athens1902Thriasseio Western Athens General Hospital Magoula, Attica1995Tzanio Hospital Piraeus, Attica1873
Former hospitals Name (other name) Location Operating periodKorgialeneio Benakeio Hellenic Red Cross Hospital Athens1930-1994First IKA Hospital, Formerly "Papadimitriou"Melissia, Athens1936-2011Polykliniki General HospitalAthens1903-2013Patisia General HospitalAno Patisia, Athens1968-2013General Hospital of Western Attica "Agia Varvara" Agia Varvara, Athens 1903-2013Nursing Merchant Marine FoundationMelissia, Athens1948-1982
Thessaloniki Name (other name) Location Established/New building 424 Hellenic Army General Military Training Hospital Thessaloniki1912 Agios Loukas Hospital (Private) Panorama, Thessaloniki1975 AHEPA University Hospital Thessaloniki1947 Interbalkan Medical Center (Private) Thessaloniki2000 Ippokrateion General Hospital Thessaloniki1908 (1983) Papageorgiou General Hospital Efkarpia, Thessaloniki1999 Papanikolaou General Hospital Exochi, Thessaloniki1920Thessaloniki Anti-Cancer Hospital "Theageneio"Thessaloniki1895Thessaloniki General Hospital "Agios Dimitrios"Thessaloniki1901Thessaloniki General Hospital "Agios Pavlos"Kalamaria, Thessaloniki1987Thessaloniki General Hospital "Georgios Gennimatas"Thessaloniki1916Thessaloniki Psychiatric HospitalStavroupoli, Thessaloniki 1917Thessaloniki Venereal and Skin Diseases HospitalThessaloniki1917
Former hospitals Name (other name) Location Operating periodSecond IKA Hospital "Panagia"Kalamaria, Thessaloniki1952-2013Thessaloniki Special Diseases HospitalThessaloniki1894-2013
Central Greece Name (other name) Location Established Amfissa General Hospital Amfissa 1953 Chalcis General Hospital Chalcis, Euboea2020Karpenisi General Hospital Karpenisi 1956 Karystos General Hospital - Health Center Karystos, Euboea1949Kymi General Hospital - Health Center Kymi, Euboea1980Lamia General Hospital Lamia 1946 Livadeia General Hospital Livadeia1967Thebes General Hospital Thebes 1951
Central Macedonia Name (other name) Location EstablishedChalkidiki General HospitalPolygyrosEdessa General HospitalEdessa1925Giannitsa General HospitalGiannitsa1908Goumenissa General HospitalGoumenissa1936Katerini General HospitalKaterini1944Kilkis General HospitalKilkis1928Naousa General HospitalNaousa1940Serres General HospitalSerres1949Veria General HospitalVeria1924
Western Macedonia Name (other name) Location EstablishedFlorina General Hospital "Eleni Dimitriou"Florina1934Grevena General HospitalGrevena1945Kastoria General HospitalKastoria1936Kozani General Hospital "Mamatseio"Kozani1923Ptolemaida General Hospital "Mpodosakeio"Ptolemaida1984
Eastern Macedonia and Thrace Name (other name) Location Established/New building212 Mobile Surgical Hospital of Xanthi Xanthi1987216 Mobile Surgical Hospital of AlexandroupoliAlexandroupoli1953Alexandroupoli University HospitalAlexandroupoli1939 (2002)Didymoteicho General HospitalDidymoteicho1946 (1995)Drama General HospitalDrama1959Kavala General HospitalKavala1900 (2010)Komotini Hospital "Sismanogleio"Komotini1937Xanthi General HospitalXanthi1929
Epirus Name (other name) Location Established/New buildingArta General HospitalArta1945Filiates General HospitalFiliates, Thesprotia1947 (1991)Ioannina General Hospital "G. Chatzikostas"Ioannina1845 (1987)Ioannina University General HospitalIoannina1986Preveza General HospitalPreveza1972
Thessaly Name (other name) Location Established/New building404 Hellenic Army General Military Hospital of Larissa Larissa 1936Karditsa General Hospital Karditsa 1935 (1985) Larissa General Hospital "Koutlimpaneio-Triantafyleio" Larissa 1895Larissa University General Hospital Larissa 1999Trikala General Hospital Trikala 1950Volos General Hospital "Achilopouleio" Volos 1885
Western Greece Name (other name) Location Established/New buildingAetolia-Acarnania General Hospital - Nursing unit of AgrinioAgrinio1933Aetolia-Acarnania General Hospital - Nursing unit of MissolonghiMissolonghi1852Aigio General HospitalAigio1958Amaliada General HospitalAmaliada1949 Patras General Hospital "Agios Andreas" Patras1871 (1973 & 2017)Kalavryta General Hospital - Health CenterKalavryta1943Kato Achaia Health CenterKato Achaia1973Kyanous Stavros of Patras (Private)Patras2002Patras General Children's Hospital "Karamandaneio"Patras1937Patras Maternity Clinic (Private)Patras1978Patras Olympion Therapeftirion (Private)Patras2004 Pyrgos General Hospital "Andreas Papandreou" Pyrgos2004 Rigopoulos General Clinic "Protoklitos" (Private)Patras1925Trigas Nephros Chronic Hemodialysis Unit (Private)Patras2021 University General Hospital of Patras "Panagia i Voitheia" Rio, Patras 1988
Former hospitals Name (other name) Location Operating periodEvaggelismos Clinic (Private)Patras1976-2002Ιο Maternity Clinic (Private)Patras1933-2018Old Municipal Hospital of PatrasPatras1857-1871Solomos Orthopedic Clinic (Private)Patras1970-2014
Peloponnese Name (other name) Location Established411 Hellenic Army General Military Hospital of TripoliTripoli1912Argolida General Hospital - Nursing unit of Argos Argos 1973Argolida General Hospital - Nursing unit of Nafplio Nafplio 1941Corinth General Hospital Corinth 1965Laconia General Hospital Sparta 1953Messenia General Hospital - Nursing unit of Kalamata Kalamata 2000Messenia General Hospital - Nursing unit of KyparissiaKyparissia1947Tripoli Panarcadic General Hospital "I Evagelistria" Tripoli 1896
Crete Name (other name) Location EstablishedAgios Nikolaos General Hospital Agios Nikolaos 1940Chania General Hospital "Agios Georgios" Chania 1905 Crete Navy Hospital Chania1969 Heraklion General Hospital "Venizeleio-Pananeio"Heraklion 1953Ierapetra General Hospital Ierapetra 1955Neapoli General Hospital "Dialynakeio"Neapoli 1944 Rethymno General Hospital Rethymno 1899Sitia General Hospital Sitia 1947University General Hospital of Heraklion Heraklion1989
North Aegean Name (other name) Location Established/New buildingChios General Hospital "Skylitsio" Chios1886 (1983)Ikaria General Hospital - Health Center "Panikarion"Agios Kirykos1958 (1987)Lemnos General Hospital - Health CenterMyrina1937 (1987) Lesbos General Hospital "Vostaneio" Mytilene 1858 (1935 & 1953) Samos General Hospital "Agios Panteleimon"Vathy1877 (1948)
South Aegean Name (other name) Location Established/New buildingSyros General Hospital "Vardakeio & Proio"Ermoupoli1827 (1958)Kalymnos General Hospital - Health Center "Bouvaleio"Pothia1926 (1971)Karpathos General Hospital "Agios Ioannis o Karpathios"Karpathos1958 (2017)Kos General Hospital - Health Center "Ippokrateion" Kos 1930 (1987)Leros State Hospital - General Hospital - Health CenterLakki1957 (1993)Naxos General Hospital - Health CenterNaxos1987 (2001) Rhodes General Hospital "Andreas Papandreou" Rhodes1938 (2001)Thira General HospitalSantorini2016
Ionian Islands Name (other name) Location Established/New building Corfu General Hospital "Agia Eirini" Corfu1726 (1953)Kefalonia General Hospital "Agios Gerasimos"Argostoli1989Lefkada General HospitalLefkada1953Lixouri General Hospital "Mantzavinateio"Lixouri1957Zakynthos General Hospital "Agios Dionysios"Zakynthos1966
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See also
In ancient Greece, temples dedicated to the healer-god Asclepius, known as Asclepeion functioned as centres of medical advice, prognosis, and healing.Risse, G.B. Mending bodies, saving souls: a history of hospitals. 1990. p. 56 Ancient Greek medicine Byzantine medicine
References
General references:
Risse, Guenter B. Mending Bodies, Saving Souls: A History of Hospitals (1999); world coverage Νοσοκομεία ανά Υγειονομική Περιφέρεια