Hospitals and health facilities across Crete, the Ionian Islands, the Aegean and the Cyclades are facing critical staff shortages, forcing clinics to close, intensive care units to operate below capacity and leaving staff exhausted by relentless shifts and chronic understaffing.
The situation is particularly difficult in island and remote areas, where the shortage of doctors, nurses and support staff has pushed many hospitals below safe staffing levels. They now rely heavily on auxiliary workers, private contractors and the constant redeployment of personnel from other regions.
