×
×
Sunday
07
Jun 2026
weather symbol
Athens 22°C

> bribe

> bribe

An anesthesiologist at the Agioi Anargyroi Hospital asked for a €150 “envelope” (bribe) from a patient – Georgiadis: He will be removed from the NHS

In a video, the doctor appears to say “let’s give €150,” also giving… instructions on how the money should be handed over. “I detest the bribe envelope that exploits human pain, I apologize to the patient,” writes the Health Minister

Bribe: Many complain, few report – How and why corrupt doctors go unpunished

The imposition of sanctions is delayed, and the overlap between criminal and disciplinary proceedings within the National Health System (ESY) creates a long and difficult process until the final judgment

Today the trial of cardiac surgeon Lymperiadis for the “fakelaki” – “Alright Sofia, I’m going to give them to the others too,” he told the woman who reported him

Charged with the misdemeanor of bribery – The testimony of the woman who informed the Internal Affairs Service about the director of the cardiac surgery clinic at Hippocrates Hospital

“I usually take €5,000, but from you I’ll only take €3,000,” said cardiothoracic surgeon Lymperiadis to the woman who reported him for a bribe

He will appear in court on Friday – “She gave it to me as a gift and put it in my trousers,” he claimed during his arrest