With the general election
looming, a new crisis is hitting the Greek health service. Budget cuts mean the
sick and elderly are not receiving the medicine they need. Pharmacists were
owed huge amounts of money by the health ministry and now they have stopped
supplying medicine on credit, even to those who have contributed to state
insurance. Patients now have to pay up front. Those with high-risk chronic
conditions were to receive emergency help, but even some of them have had
difficulty finding medication. Doctors fear for the future of the Greek health
service as Sunday's general election approaches with no clear favourite - and
massive economic uncertainty. Al Jazeera's Tim Friend reports from Athens.
Video courtesy of Aljazeera
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