Only few of them are still privates. In the last decade a major reorganigation was made in health services in the hospitals with new equipment, more staff, advanced education, new buildings,etc. At the same time private hospitals kept also high quality of medical services. Greek anesthesiologists had the opportunity to develop anaesthetic departments, establish pain clinics and apply full monitoring to all the patients. Today, anesthesiologists in public and private hospitals perform all kinds of anaesthesia.
Regional anaesthesia is a major topic of daily practice in hospitals for surgery and pain relief.