Mitsotakis visited the renovated Emergency Department of CAT

The Prime Minister visited the Attica General Hospital Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

Mr. Mitsotakis was guided by the Deputy Minister of Health Mario Themistocles In the fully renovated emergency department (ICT), the spaces of which were expanded and modernized, with the result that the ICC has now been able to receive urgent cases of each gravity, within the approximately 87,000 patients serving each year.

Kyriakos Mitsotakis visited other hospital units, including the fully renovated 5th floor rehabilitation center and was informed of the progress of the work on the rest of the floors.

He also had the opportunity to talk to citizens and staff members, including doctors who returned to Greece from abroad. “Here is our home,” one doctor told him, who returned from England.

Kyriakos Mitsotakis was informed by the Commander Ioannis Iliopoulos For the increased capabilities of the CAT, the budget of which increased by almost 70% over the past five years, up to 66.3 million euros in 2024, while employees have increased by 191 compared to 2019 and currently amounts to 1,480 people.

As a result, KAT performs 15,000 surgeries annually and its regular outpatient clinics serve about 110,000 citizens per year.

The projects in the CAT are included in the broader upgrading plan of all levels of the public health system, with resources of the Recovery and Resilience Fund. Reportedly, renovation and upgrades are expected to be completed within the next few months in the more than 16 ICTs in Attica.