Doctors with the National Organisation for the Provision of Healthcare Services (EOPYY) - the unified healthcare branch of the main Greek social insurance funds, including IKA - have announced that they will continue their strike until December 19.

A health ministry bill was passed by Parliament on Wednesday amid controversy over an article on price reductions in pharmaceuticals.

Greek psychiatric hospitals are in an uproar over the decision by health minister Adonis Georgiadis to include staff in the mobility measures that will spell layoffs for some.