“Don’t give money and if they ask you to complain to us immediately,” the health minister wrote, Adonis Georgiadis In his post in X, concerning arrest Director of Cardiac Surgery to Hippocrates General Hospital of Athens – who allegedly asked for “Sachets” of up to 5,000 euros from patients.
In his post, the Minister of Health, referring to the incident, wrote that the Hippocrates Hospital already made a suspension the doctor while urging patients to directly denounce such incidents and not succumb to blackmail.
“No such incident will be tolerated … Don’t be afraid! We make a better NHS, in this sachet has no place, “the Minister of Health said elsewhere in his post.
His entire post:
The Hippocrates Hospital has already suspended the offensive physician arrested with attached banknotes today. No such incident will be tolerated by the NHS! Do not conceal such blackmail, waiting lists for surgery are constantly decreasing,…
– Adonis Georgiadis (@adonisGiadi) September 9, 2025
It is noted that the doctor was arrested after a complaint to the Police Internal Affairs Directorate, and there was no complaint about the particular cardiac surgeon in the hospital by a patient.