On September 29, 2011 in centrally-located squares in Glyfada and the Flisvos Marina, on the occasion of World Heart Day, Mediterraneo Hospital organised a day campaign to raise public awareness on heart disease.
The general public was handed material on cardiovascular disease prevention; over 2,500 of our fellow citizens were posted on the risk for the most dangerous disease of our time and informed about simple ways to easily protect themselves.
Mediterraneo Hospital has invested heavily in cardiovascular disease protection and management.
Contemporary methods to treat myocardial infarction involve the prompt re-opening of blocked arteries through coronary angioplasty within the first 90 minutes of patient admission to hospital.
There is only a handful of medical institutions in Attica that can indeed do that.
Mediterraneo Hospital is able to do so thanks to its Cardio Clinic which is operative 24/7, its interventional cardiology section which is on duty round the clock and its team of cardiologists and nursing staff that have performed over 2,500 surgical procedures.
In addition, 2011, despite the recession, was the year when Mediterraneo Hospital had its first minimal-radiation dose scanner (i-Dose) for coronary CTA, i.e. a non-invasive priceless heart-imaging modality, installed.
