Greece’s Leading Private Healthcare Provider

Founded in 2018, the Hellenic Healthcare Group is committed to advancing medical and nursing care. HHG develops and operates healthcare facilities and Centers of Excellence that provide internationally competitive health services while investing in medical scientific research and attracting specialised scientific personnel from Greece and abroad.

Clinical Training Framework

The partnership provides UNIC Athens medical students with access to HHG’s healthcare network for clinical education.

Students complete their clinical training and specialisation at HHG facilities, including Hygeia, Mitera, Metropolitan Hospital & Metropolitan General, and Leto hospitals.

Healthcare Network Capacity

HHG’s network treats approximately 1.3 million patients annually across 9 hospitals. The Group collaborates with more than 6,917 physicians, employs over 5,688 healthcare professionals, and operates 1,655 hospital beds and 92 surgical theatres.

This infrastructure provides students with clinical education within Greece’s largest private healthcare environment.

Academic and Clinical Integration

The partnership creates value for medical education through strategic collaboration between academic excellence and clinical practice.

HHG’s investment in medical technology and facility modernisation provides UNIC Athens medical students with exposure to contemporary medical practice and advanced healthcare delivery systems.

HHG Healthcare Network

The exclusive collaboration between UNIC Athens Medical School and the Hellenic Healthcare Group provides students with access to HHG’s extensive healthcare network for comprehensive clinical education. Students will have the option to complete their clinical training and, subsequently, their specialisation at HHG facilities, including Hygeia, Mitera, Metropolitan Hospital & Metropolitan General, and Leto hospitals.

Notable Medical Achievements

  • First heart transplant in Greece (Hygeia Hospital, 1990)
  • Successful separation of conjoined twins (Hygeia Hospital, 1989)
  • First water birth in Greece (Leto Hospital, 1999)
  • First JCI accreditation for a Greek hospital (Hygeia Hospital, 2010)
  • Pioneering robotic surgery with Da Vinci systems across multiple specialties
  • First Gamma Knife radiosurgery centre in Greece (Hygeia Hospital, 2004)
  • Advanced cardiac procedures including valve repairs without open surgery
  • Innovative 3D medical printing for surgical planning (Metropolitan Hospital)
  • First PET/CT department in Greece (Hygeia Hospital, 2004)
  • First robotic knee and hip arthroplasty with Mako system (Metropolitan Hospital)
  • First thoracoscopic lung surgery without general anaesthesia in Greece (Hygeia Hospital, 2017)
  • First hybrid surgical theatre of latest generation in Greece (Hygeia Hospital, 2012)

HHG in Numbers

6,917

Collaborating Doctors

5,688

Employees

1,300,000+

Patients Treated Annually

1,655

Hospital Beds

239

Single Rooms

1,655

Hospital Beds

8,513

Annual Births

23

Ambulances

92

Surgical Theatres

148

ICU Rooms

14

Latest Generation MRI Machines

12

Robotic Surgical Systems

117,969

Annual Surgical Procedures

19

Delivery Rooms

163

Paediatric Beds

For more information about the Hellenic Healthcare Group, please visit www.hhg.gr

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