Starting June 16, all 120,000 monthly patients who visit Greece’s national health fund (EOPYY) pharmacies will be able to receive high-cost medications at home – and even at their vacation homes – free of charge, authorities announced.
The new service, hailed as a major relief for chronically ill and immunocompromised patients, aims to end the long queues outside EOPYY pharmacies. Medications will be delivered within 24 to 48 hours by a certified company, as long as patients have an e-prescription and digital authorization, and activate the home-delivery option on EOPYY’s online platform.
“This isn’t just a simple service,” said EOPYY President Theano Karpodini. “It is the first of its kind at a pan-European level.”
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said such policies show that “all this effort is worth it” when it improves citizens’ lives.