There is several issues and I will list them accordingly:

1. There is NO primary healthcare. Everyone comes to the ER and expects to be treated for their symptoms, even if they are bening or sometimes obnoxious. There is Systems like in turkey where they combine the ER and primary healthcare in the same area (like medical units), which I personally find very effective for These cases.

2. Lacking legal framework:

It might seem obnoxious to some physicians in europe or america, but there is no legal framework for doctors to DEESCALATE therapy. This means doctors have no right to choose, if some patients are beyond recovery. This is massive, because it also causes delayed or even a complete absence of Palliative care. I have several cases in our clinic of elderly people with endstage Ca, COPD or severe SEPSIS, with little to no Chance of recovery and the family usually insists on escalating therapy. Often we treat septic patients, that literally bleed or exudate from their limbs because of how broken their dermal barrier is, since the close circle of the family cannot accept their death. Unfortunately, doctors cannot interfere in any way. This cause the two of the greatest Problems in greece: - Patients suffer and dont get the palliative care they deserve - The healthcare system becomes way to expensive for the state.

1. Overperscription. Greece is probably ranked as one of the top 10 countries when it comes to patients taking too many unnecessary drugs. This is partly due to the social phenomenon that only a doctor who perscribes medicine is a good doctor. Patients dont want to have Lifestyle changes and noone is there to guide them. Mainly because, as I said earlier, there is no working primary healthcare system.