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Design, construction, and outfitting of two new buildings at Attikon General University Hospital of Athens

In June 2021, as part of SNF’s continuous effort to strengthen and upgrade infrastructure in the Greek health sector, the Global Health Initiative (GHI) was expanded to include the design, construction, and outfitting of two new buildings at the Attikon General University Hospital in Athens. The buildings will serve the needs of the hospital for on-call rooms for doctors and allow the establishment of headquarters to house a national Coordination Center for Mobile Medical Units.
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The first of these two buildings will address a chronic structural gap encountered by the hospital, as it was built without any provisions for on-call rooms and doctors currently occupy patient rooms as rest areas during their on-call shifts. The creation of a dedicated building will immediately free up much needed, already equipped rooms for the further hospitalization of patients; permanently adding to the hospital’s total inpatient capacity while simultaneously ensuring appropriate on-call facilities for medical staff. The new building will be located on the hospital campus with a direct connection to the main hospital for purposes of easy and quick access. It is worth noting that the Attikon Hospital consistently operates at full bed capacity and that the additional rooms which will be freed-up will also allow for optimal allocation of patients, in accordance with upgraded safety regulations and management practices following the COVID-19 pandemic.

The second building will house the headquarters of the three following centers:

a) The Coordination Center of the Mobile Medical Units, the healthcare access program for residents of remote Greek islands and regions implemented through an exclusive grant from SNF by the nonprofit Regeneration & Progress, now in collaboration with Attikon Hospital and under the supervision of the 1st Orthopedic Department at the Attikon University General Hospital School of Medicine,

b) Center for Therapeutic Exercise for patients with cancer and other chronic conditions, as well as for children with disabilities,

c) SNF Center for Specialized Arthroplasty Interventions and Limb Rehabilitation Rescue

The new buildings are slated for completion and delivery to the Greek State in 2027.

On September 25, 2025, a grant agreement dated March 19, 2025, between the Hellenic Republic, SNF, and the legal entity under public law Attikon University General Hospital – Agia Varvara General Hospital of Western Attica was ratified under law.