Traveling for Health Program, Agathonisi & Leipsoi
HYGEIA Hospital offered free medical services and medications to the residents of the remote islands of Agathonisi and Leipsoi on July 18 & 19, 2013. The initiative was launched in the context of the “Traveling for Health” program, which forms part of HYGEIA Group's Corporate Social Responsibility actions.
A team of 38 HYGEIA Group volunteers travelled to Agathonisi and Leipsoi and performed free medical tests, blood tests, Pap smears, ultrasounds, cardiograms, gynecological exams and minor surgical procedures on the residents of the islands. The team included 15 physicians with 12 different specialties (two internal medicine doctors, three cardiologists, a surgeon, an ophthalmologist, a pediatrician, a plastic surgeon, a vascular surgeon, a gynecologist, an orthopedic doctor, an ENT doctor, a radiologist and an anesthesiologist), as well as nursing, technical and administrative staff. All volunteers travelled to and from the island of Samos, courtesy of Olympic Air.
The medical exams and tests were performed at the Agathonisi multidisciplinary regional medical center and rural medical center, and the Leipsoi multidisciplinary regional medical center. The medical equipment used, was transferred to the centers by HYGEIA vehicles. Meanwhile, a team of volunteers offered free medical supplies and medications to the island municipalities, including the Municipality of Fournoi, where Group representative travelled to personally to deliver the supplies. HYGEIA Group will also donate a defibrillator to the Municipality of Fournoi.
Furthermore, in association with the municipalities of Agathonisi and Leipsoi, the Group donated two Telemedicine Systems. The systems were installed in the regional medical centers of the two islands and the technical support was provided by SingularLogic, a subsidiary of MIG.
The Telemedicine Systems will transfer medical data in real time from the regional medical centers of the islands to HYGEIA’s Outpatients Clinic. On a 24-hour basis, specialist doctors at HYGEIA will monitor the vital signs of patients, such as heart rate, blood pressure, oxygen saturation, body temperature and respiratory rate. Moreover, the Systems allow direct communication, with image and sound, between the doctors on Agathonisi and Leipsoi and the HYGEIA doctors, while they also transfer the patient’s image to the HYGEIA consultation center so that each incident may be treated accordingly.
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