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Presentation of the Centre

The General Cancer Hospital of Piraeus “METAXA” is managed by the National Health System of Greece, and it is a public law entity supervised and funded by the Greek Ministry of Health. The core competence of “METAXA” is to promote, raise and coordinate high quality care, diagnosis and treatment to all Greek patients regardless of the racial, social, and financial status. We seek to operate as a modern Oncology Hospital that fully meets the needs of its patients and provides specialized services of primary, secondary and tertiary health care to the oncology patient.

Core facilities

Our cornerstone is the improvement of the functionality of the Hospital through the implementation of quality systems for the modernization of the provided services such as:

• DA VINCI robotic surgery system. We are the only public hospital in Greece that has a Da Vinci robotic system.
• Quality Management System: A Quality Management System, adapted to the requirements of the International Standard ISO 9001:2015, in the following departments: Blood donation unit, Day care unit, Homecare Clinic, Emergency department, Radiology department and administrative admission office. Within the first trimester of 2024 is scheduled the installation of ISO 15224:2017 in: Gastroenterological Endoscopy Clinic, Department of Oncology Megatherapy, Hematology Clinic, Surgical Clinic, Department of Anesthesiology
• Investigation trials and studies: For the year 2023 had been carried out 28 investigation trials and studies.