Onassio Cardiac Surgery Centre

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Hospital in Attica, Greece

Onassio Cardiac Surgery Centre

Geography
Location| Kallithea, Attica, Greece
Organisation
Care system| Private cardiology hospital
Type| Clinical
Services
Emergency department| Yes
History
Opened| October 6, 1992
Links
Website| http://www.onasseio.gr/
Lists| Hospitals in Greece

The Onassio Cardiac Surgery Centre or simply "Onassio" is a model hospital, specialized in adult and pediatric heart diseases, and is a donation of the non-profit "Alexander S. Onassis" Foundation to the Greek State.[1] It is a non-profit legal entity under private law and operates under the supervision of the Greek Ministry of Health and Social Insurance. It is located in Kallithea, Athens, at the end of Andreas Syggrou Avenue (356 Syggrou).[1]

The Onassio Cardiac Surgery Center was the scene where the last act of the active political life of Andreas Papandreou, prime minister of Greece and protagonist of its public life for decades, took place. For 4 months, from Monday November 20, 1995 to Thursday March 21, 1996, A. Papandreou was hospitalized at Onassio, submitting his resignation on January 15, 1996.

## History

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One of the goals of the "Alexander S. Onassis" Charitable Foundation (which was founded in 1975 by the daughter of Aristotle Onassis, Christina) was the creation of a modern cardiac surgery center in Athens, since, while cardiac surgeries had already begun to be performed in Greece, the capabilities of state hospitals could not meet the needs of the Greek population, resulting in the ever-increasing exodus of a large number of heart patients abroad.[2]

Construction work began in October 1987 (the foundation stone was laid on October 8, 1987 by the then Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou, who was to become the most famous patient of Onassios) and was completed in September 1992. On October 6, 1992, the official opening of the operation took place of the Center.[2]

Onassio cost a total of 75 million dollars (at the exchange rate prevailing in 1992) and is located on an area of ​​8,000 sq.m. A large part of the total cost was allocated to furnishing the Center with the most advanced technical means of operation and the most modern scientific instruments.[2]

## References

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1. ^ a b Ωνάσειο Καρδιοχειρουργικό Κέντρο
2. ^ a b c Ιστορικό