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

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! Name<br /> <small>(other name)</small>

! Location

! Established

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| 251 Hellenic Air Force General Hospital

| Athens

|1945

|-

| 401 Hellenic Army General Military Hospital of Athens

| Athens

|1904

|-

|414 Hellenic Army General Military Hospital Special Diseases

|Penteli, Attica

|1952

|-

| 417 NIMTS (Army Equity Fund Hospital)

| Athens

|1946,

|-

|Agia Eleni-Spiliopouleio Hospital

| Athens

|1916

|-

|Agioi Anargyroi Hospital

| Kifissia, Athens

| 1969

|-

| Agios Savvas Anti-Cancer Hospital

| Athens

| 1935

|-

|Aiginiteio Hospital

| Athens

| 1904

|-

| Alexandra General Hospital

| Athens

| 1954

|-

| Amalia Fleming General Hospital

| Melissia, Athens

| 1986

|-

|Andreas Sygros Venereal and Dermatological Hospital

| Athens

|1910

|-

|Aretaio Hospital

|Athens

|1898

|-

|Asclepeion Hospital of Voula

|Voula, Athens

|1921

|-

| Attikon General Hospital

| Chaidari, Athens

|2002

|-

|Agios Panteleimonas General Hospital

|Nikaia, Piraeus

|1952

|-

| Aiginition Hospital

| Athens

|1909

|-

|Athens Day Care Center "Nikos Kourkoulos"

|Athens

|2017

|-

|Athens General State Hospital "Georgios Gennimatas"

|Athens

|1958

|-

| Athens Eye Hospital

| Athens

| 1854

| Chaidari, Athens

|1925

|-

|Dromokaiteio Psychiatric Hospital

| Chaidari, Athens

|1887

|-

|Elena Gynecological Hospital

|Athens

|1933

|-

|Elpis Hospital

|Athens

|1842

|-

|Evangelismos Hospital

| Kolonaki, Athens

|1884

| Athens

|1970

|-

|Iaso Maternity Hospital (Private)

|Marousi, Athens

|1996

|-

|Ippokrateion Hospital

| Athens

|1908

|-

|KAT Hospital

|Kifissia, Athens

|1963

|-

|Konstantopouleio Hospital "Agia Olga"

|Nea Ionia, Athens

|1923

|-

|Kythira General Hospital - Health Center "Triphyllio"

|Kythira, Attica

|1953

|-

| Laiko General Hospital

| Athens

|1963

|-

|Lyto Maternity Hospital (Private)

|Athens

|1970

|-

|Medical Center (Private)

|Marousi, Athens

|1984

|-

| Metaxa Anti-Cancer Hospital

| Piraeus, Attica

|1967

|-

| Metropolitan Hospital (Private)

|Piraeus, Attica

| 2001

|-

|Mother Maternity Hospital (Private)

|Marousi, Athens

|1979

|-

|National Rehabilitation Center

|Kamatero, Athens

|1945

|-

|Naval Hospital of Athens

| Athens

|1869

|-

|Naval Hospital of Piraeus

|Piraeus, Attica

|1924

|-

|Onassio Cardiac Surgery Centre

|Kallithea, Athens

|1992

|-

|Pammakaristos General Hospital

| Athens

|1953

|-

|Panagiotis & Aglaia Kyriakou Children's Hospital

| Athens

|1938

|-

|Patisia Health Center

|Athens

|2018

|-

|Penteli Children's Hospital

|Penteli, Attica

|1981

|-

|Rhea Maternity Hospital (Private)

|Palaio Faliro, Athens

|2007

|-

| Sismanogleio General Hospital

|Vrilissia, Athens

|1936

|-

|Sotiria Thoracic Diseases Hospital

| Athens

|1902

|-

|Thriasseio Western Athens General Hospital

| Magoula, Attica

|1995

|-

|Tzanio Hospital

| Piraeus, Attica

|1873

|}

Former hospitals

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! Name<br /> <small>(other name)</small>

! Location

! Operating period

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|Korgialeneio Benakeio Hellenic Red Cross Hospital

| Athens

|1930-1994

|-

|First IKA Hospital, Formerly "Papadimitriou"

|Melissia, Athens

|1936-2011

|-

|Polykliniki General Hospital

|Athens

|1903-2013

|-

|Patisia General Hospital

|Ano Patisia, Athens

|1968-2013

|-

|General Hospital of Western Attica "Agia Varvara"

| Agia Varvara, Athens

| 1903-2013

|-

|Nursing Merchant Marine Foundation

|Melissia, Athens

|1948-1982

|}

Thessaloniki

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! Name<br /> <small>(other name)</small>

! Location

! Established/New building

|-

| 424 Hellenic Army General Military Training Hospital

| Thessaloniki

|1912

|-

| Agios Loukas Hospital (Private)

| Panorama, Thessaloniki

|1975

|-

| AHEPA University Hospital

| Thessaloniki

|1947

|-

| Interbalkan Medical Center (Private)

| Thessaloniki

|2000

|-

| Crete Navy Hospital

| Chania

|1969

|-

| Heraklion General Hospital "Venizeleio-Pananeio"

|Heraklion

|1953

|-

|Ierapetra General Hospital

| Ierapetra

| 1955

|-

|Neapoli General Hospital "Dialynakeio"

|Neapoli

| 1944

|-

| Rethymno General Hospital

| Rethymno

| 1899

|-

|Sitia General Hospital

| Sitia

| 1947

|-

|University General Hospital of Heraklion

| Heraklion

|1989

|}

North Aegean

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! Name<br /> <small>(other name)</small>

! Location

! Established/New building

|-

|Chios General Hospital "Skylitsio"

| Chios

|1886 (1983)

|-

|Ikaria General Hospital - Health Center "Panikarion"

|Agios Kirykos

|1958 (1987)

|-

|Lemnos General Hospital - Health Center

|Myrina

|1937 (1987)

|-

| Lesbos General Hospital "Vostaneio"

| Mytilene

| 1858 (1935 & 1953)

|-

| Samos General Hospital "Agios Panteleimon"

|Vathy

|1877 (1948)

|}

South Aegean

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! Name<br /> <small>(other name)</small>

! Location

! Established/New building

|-

|Syros General Hospital "Vardakeio & Proio"

|Ermoupoli

|1827 (1958)

|-

|Kalymnos General Hospital - Health Center "Bouvaleio"

|Pothia

|1926 (1971)

|-

|Karpathos General Hospital "Agios Ioannis o Karpathios"

|Karpathos

|1958 (2017)

|-

|Kos General Hospital - Health Center "Ippokrateion"

| Kos

|1930 (1987)

|-

|Leros State Hospital - General Hospital - Health Center

|Lakki

|1957 (1993)

|-

|Naxos General Hospital - Health Center

|Naxos

|1987 (2001)

|-

| Rhodes General Hospital "Andreas Papandreou"

| Rhodes

|1938 (2001)

|-

|Thira General Hospital

|Santorini

|2016

|}

Ionian Islands

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! Name<br /> <small>(other name)</small>

! Location

! Established/New building

|-

| Corfu General Hospital "Agia Eirini"

| Corfu

|1726 (1953)

|-

|Kefalonia General Hospital "Agios Gerasimos"

|Argostoli

|1989

|-

|Lefkada General Hospital

|Lefkada

|1953

|-

|Lixouri General Hospital "Mantzavinateio"

|Lixouri

|1957

|-

|Zakynthos General Hospital "Agios Dionysios"

|Zakynthos

|1966

|}

Notes

See also

In ancient Greece, temples dedicated to the healer-god Asclepius, known as Asclepeion functioned as centres of medical advice, prognosis, and healing.

  • 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