The construction phase of the Onassis National Transplant Center begins
Marking a historic day for the Greek Health sector, the ceremony to mark the start of the construction phase of a project of national importance was held today beside the Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, on the site where the new hospital will soon stand. The Onassis Foundation also announced today a holistic action plan for rebuilding the Transplant and Organ Donation sector in Greece.
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the Prime Minister, Mr. Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the President of the Onassis Foundation, Mr. Anthony Papadimitriou, the President of the OCSC, Mr. Ioannis Boletis, and the President of the NTO, Mr. George Papatheodoridis
After the Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center (OCSC), which after 27 years in operation has become synonymous with medical innovation and leadership, a new Onassis Foundation donation of national importance is set to take its place in Athens. A center for a broader-ranging collaboration across international borders, a hospital that will promote innovation and excellence by ushering in the digital age, a catalyst for activating the forces of altruism in society, a hospital for all which provides care for uninsured patients, too.
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The Prime Minister, Mr. Kyriakos Mitsotakis, and the President of the Onassis Foundation, Mr. Anthony Papadimitriou, during the ceremony to mark the start of the construction phase of the Onassis National Transplant Center.
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President of the Hellenic Republic, Prokopios Pavlopoulos, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Director of World Health Organization in Europe, Hans Kluge, President of the OCSC, Ioannis N. Boletis and President of the Foundation Anthony Papadimitriou
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Organ transplantation is emerging globally as the most cutting-edge therapeutic practice of the 21st century. It is the only treatment available for final-stage heart, liver and lung failure as well as the most effective for renal failure.
The ultimate goal of the extended Onassis Foundation ‘family’ is to consign firmly to the past the time when Greece stood in last place among all European nations in terms of transplantation.
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