Authorities in Greece's Thessaloniki region have decided to permanently halt a private clinic's operation and revoke its licence after an inspection by the National Transparency Authority. The revocation document is expected to be served today. The decision is expected to lead to the clinic being sealed, but does not mean operations will stop immediately.
ERT reports that the clinic has an internal-medicine department and houses elderly people who must be moved. For that reason, the law provides at least 15 days to complete the process; the facility will not close automatically on the day the notice is served.
The National Transparency Authority found a fully equipped oncology department that was not included in the clinic's operating licence, as well as the administration of chemotherapy drugs. It recommended permanently shutting the clinic and revoking its establishment and operating licence. A regional private-clinic inspection committee had also found in 2025 that the facility lacked the nursing staff required for safe operation.
The authority said the regional Directorate of Public Health and Social Welfare had not permanently shut the clinic despite the committee's recommendation and an earlier revocation, issued in early 2026, of its certificate of good operation. The report was sent to Greece's National Organisation for Healthcare Services Provision (EOPYY) to review data submitted for hospitalisation reimbursements, to the competent medical association to examine possible disciplinary responsibility, and to the Athens Court of Appeal prosecutor to investigate possible criminal liability.
The Thessaloniki Medical Association said it would promptly begin any disciplinary procedures within its remit after receiving the authority's detailed findings. It said it licenses medical practices, not clinics, and continues intensive inspections.