Greece's mobile hospital: Providing medical care to remote islands | DW Documentary

Greece has more than 200 inhabited islands, many of which lack medical facilities. Fortunately, there are doctors who travel to even the most remote Aegean islands, providing health care on a volunteer basis. This film follows a group of health workers as they travel to the island of Serifos. With two trucks full of medical equipment, they set up a temporary hospital there, which will operate for several days. Ten years ago, Greece's Stavros Niarchos Foundation established a system of mobile medical teams. Each month, they travel by ferry from Athens to provide medical care to small, remote islands for short periods. Many islanders cannot afford the cost of a visit to a doctor on the mainland, and in winter, sea crossings are often impossible due to bad weather. Ophthalmologist Christos Ch