{"id":110129,"date":"2021-03-21T12:52:16","date_gmt":"2021-03-21T12:52:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=110129"},"modified":"2021-03-21T12:52:16","modified_gmt":"2021-03-21T12:52:16","slug":"greece-could-requisition-private-sector-doctors-pm-tells-paper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/markets\/greece-could-requisition-private-sector-doctors-pm-tells-paper\/","title":{"rendered":"Greece could requisition private sector doctors, PM tells paper"},"content":{"rendered":"<figcaption class=\"Slideshow-description-447Md\">Slideshow <span>( 2 images )<\/span><\/figcaption><p>ATHENS (Reuters) &#8211; Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is prepared to requisition private sector doctors to assist in the public health system\u2019s battle against the COVID-19 pandemic, he said on Sunday, after a government call for help went mostly unheeded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf it will be necessary to use the ultimate constitutional tool, the requisitioning of personal services, I will not hesitate to do it,\u201d Mitsotakis said in an interview in Sunday\u2019s To Vima newspaper.<\/p>\n<p>With Greece\u2019s public hospitals overwhelmed by surging COVID-19 infections and intensive care wards running out of beds, the government had called on private sector doctors to help out, saying 200 were needed.<\/p>\n<p>So far only about 55 have heeded the call, the ERT state broadcaster said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI cannot imagine colleagues who took the Hippocratic oath not wanting to come and help these people in their battle (against COVID-19),\u201d Health Minister Vassilis Kikilias, himself a medical doctor, said on Saturday outside a public hospital.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday Greek health authorities reported 2,535 new coronavirus cases and 60 deaths, bringing total cases to 235,611 with 7,421 deaths.<\/p>\n<p>Mitsotakis told the paper that cooperation is always preferable as a first step and that obliging doctors to offer their services is not sufficient.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have to inspire them to do it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The government will start distributing free do-it-yourself COVID-19 tests next month, seeking to alleviate pressure on a healthcare system facing a stubbornly high level of new infections.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-health-corovavirus-greece-pm\/greece-could-requisition-private-sector-doctors-pm-tells-paper-idUSKBN2BD0F2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Slideshow ( 2 images )ATHENS (Reuters) &#8211; 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