Medical Inter-Balkan Thessaloniki: Donation of 3,000 coronavirus diagnostic tests to the Social Clinic of the Holy Metropolis of Neapolis and Stavroupolis
Thessaloniki, March 24, 2021– The Inter-Balkan Medical Center of Thessaloniki immediately responded to the call of the Regional Governor of Central Macedonia, Apostolos Tzitzikostas to donate 3,000 rapid tests for the needs of the Social Clinic of the Holy Metropolis of Neapolis and Stavroupolis.
The purpose of this initiative is to conduct free tests for uninsured and needy residents of western Thessaloniki, in order to further intensify the process of early diagnosis of the COVID-19 disease and to avoid intra-family transmission. spread of the virus.
During the delivery of the 3,000 rapid tests, the Governor of Central Macedonia A. Tzitzikostas, stated, among other things: “I want to thank the Inter-Balkan Medical Hospital of Thessaloniki, this leading hospital in our region, and personally Mr. G. Apostolopoulos, who responded to our appeal and donated 3,000 coronavirus detection tests, so that we can do everything in our power in western Thessaloniki, in an area that has been ‘hit’ by the pandemic, in order to protect the population.”
While in the same context, the Metropolitan of Neapolis and Stavroupolis, Mr. Varnavas, pointed out: “I want to thank Apostolos Tzitzikostas and his associates, who took the initiative on the western side of the city, in the difficult times of the pandemic, to make preventive testing for coronavirus available at our Social Clinic, in collaboration with the Inter-Balkan Medical Center of Thessaloniki. I thank you, Mr. Tzitzikostas, for always having your mind and heart focused on the western Thessaloniki region. Initiatives, such as today’s, are an uplift for the entire world of volunteers and people who support all these social structures.”
“We always stand practically next to the Greek patient. Especially during the period of the Health crisis, the Athens Medical Group and the Inter-Balkan Medical Group of Thessaloniki have taken the lead in providing assistance to both the National Health Service and citizens. Recognizing the importance of prevention and early diagnosis, we immediately responded to the call of the Regional Governor and today we completed the delivery of 3,000 coronavirus diagnostic tests,” said Mr. Vassilis Apostolopoulos, CEO of the Athens Medical Group.
The “Health” Social Clinic of the Holy Metropolis of Neapolis and Stavroupolis was inaugurated in October 2013 by the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and provides medical and pharmaceutical services through volunteer doctors of 21 different specialties to 545 adult patients and 342 children.
