期刊介绍：

The idea of creation of a general medical journal as a scientific foundation for the medical doctors serving the Greek National Health System goes back to the 1980s but it was only a theoretical concept. During the Scientific Committee Presidency of Dr J. Liatsis and P. Traianidis at Hippokratio General Hospital of Thessaloniki in 1995, Dr G. Vergoulas (General Secretary of the Scientific Committee and Head of the Education Committee), suggested the idea of establishing a new medical journal. Following several Education Committee meetings during 1996, the initial suggestion led into a detailed scientific proposal that was consequently submitted to the Greek Ministry of Health which approved the financial support of the new medical journal (four issues per year, 48 printed pages per issue, official languages both Greek and English). The initial scope of the journal was to publish scientific work conducted at Hippokratio Hospital of Thessaloniki and other Greek hospitals and to bring into a productive communication the medical scientists in matters of common interest.