WORLD SAE PRESIDENT TO VISIT REPUBLIC OF GEORGIA TO FURTHER MEDICAL HELP AFTER MEETINGS IN ATHENS

CHICAGO, APRIL 15 – World Council of Hellenes President Andrew A. Athens, leading a self-management team for the Medical Relief Initiative, departs the city of Athens today for meetings in Tbilisi, capital of the Republic of Georgia.

“We have already made important improvements in the administration of the medical centers since taking direct management of our program that provides free basic medical care to Hellenes and their neighbors in the Black Sea area countries,” Mr. Athens said.

Mr. Athens is accompanied in this visit by Dr. Charles Kanakis, director of Medical Affairs, Mrs. Cynthia Yannias, coordinator, and Mr. Evan Kakis, certified public accountant for the project. They will hold meetings with the in-field medical director, Dr. Roland Stamatov, and the medical and administrative staffs of “Hippocrates,” and the other four medical centers in
Georgia, Armenia and Ukraine.

In Athens, SAE’s president met with President of the Greek Parliament Apostolos Kaklamanis, an early supporter of the program, whom he updated on recent developments in the medical project. In a separate meeting the same day in Thessaloniki, Mr. Athens met with the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Ioannis Magriotis with whom he discussed the support of the Hellenic State to the medical program.

The Medical Relief Initiative was founded by Mr. Athens five years ago when it became apparent that the Hellenic communities lacked even basic medical care following the collapse of the former Soviet Union. More than 35,000 free medical services are provided every month in the program which is funded with the help of the U.S. State Department, private donations worldwide and the Hellenic State.