Health Minister Panagiotis Kouroumblis announced on Sunday that the government intends to abolish, possibly from the beginning of March, the 5 euro hospital admission fee for those having an AMKA (Greek Social Security Number).

The 1 euro fee per medicine subscription will also be abolished for the same category of patients.

In his interview with Vima newspaper, the minister also underlined that the state would not cover expenses for hospitalization in private clinics.