BLOOMBERG
Ah...the law of unintended consequences.
Greece's precarious financial condition...is also severely affecting its health care.
The nation's 12,000 pharmacies are often forced to hunt down many drugs...even simple aspirin...as suppliers and wholesalers...owed millions of euros by the government...fail to supply some 250 drugs.
“The whole system is dysfunctional,” said Aggeliki Matsouki, who opened her first pharmacy in Athens in 1981.
Popular Posts
- AUSTIN,TEXAS: Dell's Decline Revealed in A Lawsuit Over Defective Computers.
- UKRAINE: Parliament Brawls Over Ex-PM Tymoshenko's Criminal Charges.
- Profile of a Cuban Spy
- ITALY : Ruby Heartstealer Testifies About Bunga Bunga Parties at Milano Trial.
- Mexican Court Frees 22 Convicted Of Chiapas Killings.
- TEXAS / USA / IMAGES : 6 Dead, 200 Homes Damaged After 16 Tornadoes Ravage Granbury, Cleburne.
- SERBIA / LIBYA : Are Serbian Mercenary Pilots Bombing Protestors In Tripoli?
- Brasilian Senator Admits We Are "A Bunch Of Crooks."
- COSTA RICA / PERU / COLOMBIA : 17 May UPDATE : 2 More Aides Resign After Prez. Chinchilla Comes Under Fire For Free Flights On Alleged Narco Jet; Key Minister Resigns Over Flight From Bogus Person.
- BRASIL / RUSSIA / EL SALVADOR : Week's Best Images From TIME.