08.02.2017 - 19:12 [ Keep Talking Greece ]

Shock for cancer patients: “Life expectancy” needed for prescription medication

It was a patient’s lawyer who made the case public in the media.
When the patient went to Greece’s National Agency for Health Care (EOPYY) to receive the special drug, he was told that the doctor needed to have mentioned also his life expectancy on the electronic prescription.
The drug had a cost 0f 3,989 euro.