Europe
Healthcare and travel insurance in Greece
$1,963health spend per person
Healthcare in Greece
Public hospitals treat emergencies but are stretched; private hospitals in Athens and Thessaloniki are good. Islands have small health centres; serious cases fly to the mainland.
Key facts
- Travel insurance: Schengen visa applicants need travel medical insurance with at least €30,000 cover.
- Pharmacies: Pharmacists are knowledgeable and many medicines are sold over the counter. Night rota pharmacies are posted on doors.
- Doctors: 6.6 per 1,000 people (2022, World Bank).
- Emergency: Police 100 · Ambulance 166 · Fire 199 · Tourist police 1571 · All emergencies 112.
Healthcare & insurance by place
- AthensHealthcare & insurance
- SantoriniHealthcare & insurance
- MykonosHealthcare & insurance
- CreteHealthcare & insurance
- RhodesHealthcare & insurance
- CorfuHealthcare & insurance
- ThessalonikiHealthcare & insurance
- NaxosHealthcare & insurance
- ParosHealthcare & insurance
- ZakynthosHealthcare & insurance
- ChaniaHealthcare & insurance
- MilosHealthcare & insurance
- KosHealthcare & insurance
- KefaloniaHealthcare & insurance
- MeteoraHealthcare & insurance
- HalkidikiHealthcare & insurance
Sources
- CDC Travelers' Health
- US State Department travel advisory
- Ministry of Migration and Asylum
- Visit Greece (Greek National Tourism Organisation)
- Hellenic Train
- European Commission: Entry/Exit System
- World Bank open data
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