December 2024
Pedtrauma is a non-profit, non-governmental organization which was founded in 1998 in Athens by a small number of doctors and parents. Its sole purpose is to raise awareness on children’s accidents in Greece, reduce their number and severity and to improve care once an accident has occurred.
According to the statistics of the Hospitals and Health Centers equipped by “Pedtrauma”, from 2010 up to the present date more than 2.470.000 children have benefitted from our Charity.
In 2023, 463.000 children passed through the Trauma Centers and the Paediatric Departments equipped by “Pedtrauma”.
“Pedtrauma” is making a great effort to reduce children’s accidents and improve injured children’s care through the implementation of the following:
a) By opening Trauma Centers in all the major Public Children’s Hospitals in Athens and throughout Greece.
b) By upgrading and equipping the Paediatric Departments and Clinics of the Hospitals and the Health Centers with the necessary machinery.
c) By helping finance seminars where specialized doctors train surgeons, doctors, nurses, and Ambulance Paramedics on how to help the injured children the fastest and best way possible (Medical Seminars Program “Leonidas Georgopoulos”). We have already managed to train 2.254 doctors, nurses, and Ambulance Paramedics.
d) By educating children on trauma prevention. In particular, we visit schools and talk to children, teachers and parents about how to prevent accidents from occurring. To date we have spoken to 63.065 children and 3.508 teachers and parents. It has been statistically proven that by introducing Trauma Prevention into schools the number and severity of accidents occurring has been reduced by up to 50%.
More specifically we have managed to upgrade and equip 145 Departments in 121 Hospitals / Health Centers:
• Trauma Centers: We have built and equipped 45 Trauma Centers in the following Hospitals:
– “Paidon Pentelis”, thanks to the sponsorship of John V. Vardinogiannis (year: 2011).
– “Panagiotis & Aglaia Kyriakou”, thanks to the “Stavros Niarchos” Foundation (year: 2012).
– ”Ippocration” Thessaloniki’s General Hospital, thanks to “OTE-COSMOTE” (year: 2014).
– The University Hospital “PAGNI” in Irakleion, Crete, thanks to the Companies “Norton Rose Fulbright Greece”, “Hellenic Petroleum” and an Anonymous donor (year: 2014).
– The “University Hospital Evrou” in Alexandroupolis, thanks to the “John S. Latsis Public Benefit Foundation” (year: 2014).
– The “Andreas Papandreou” General Hospital in Rhodes, thanks to the Companies “Hellenic Petroleum”, “Norton Rose Fulbright Greece” and “John S. Latsis Public Benefit Foundation” (year: 2015).
– The “Axillopouleio” General Hospital in Volos, thanks to the Company “Norton Rose Fulbright Greece” (year: 2016).
– The General Hospital of Lamia thanks, to the George Youroukos family (year: 2016).
– The “Karamandaneio” General Hospital in Patras, thanks to the “OTE Group of Companies” (year: 2016).
– The University General Hospital of Larissa, thanks to the “OTE Group of Companies” (year: 2016).
– The “Vostanio” General Hospital in Mytilini (year: 2016).
– The Corfu General Hospital, thanks to the hotel MarBella Corfu (year: 2016).
– The General Hospital of Karpenisi, thanks to the “OTE Group of Companies” (year: 2017).
– The General Hospital of Chalkidiki, thanks to Sani Resort & Ikos Resorts (year: 2017).
– The “Andreas Papandreou” General Hospital of Pyrgos, thanks to the Company “Norton Rose Fulbright Greece” (year: 2017).
– The General Hospital of Livadeia, thanks to MYTILINEOS S.A. (year: 2018).
– The General Hospital of Larissa, thanks to the “Friends of Pediatric Trauma Care”, MYTILINEOS S.A., PAPAPOSTOLOU N. S.A., DRAEGER HELLAS, SIGMA MEDICAL, KOTSOVOLOS and the “Théâtre Grec de Genève”. (year: 2018).
– The University General Hospital “ATTIKON”, thanks to the “OTE Group of Companies” (year: 2018).
– The General Hospital of Karditsa, thanks to VISA (year: 2018).
– The General Hospital of Trikala, thanks to VISA (year: 2018).
– The General Hospital of Chania “St. George”, thanks to the “OTE Group of Companies” (year: 2018).
– The General Hospital of Rethymno, thanks to the “OTE Group of Companies” (year: 2018).
– The University General Hospital of Ioannina, thanks to MYTILINEOS S.A.(year: 2018).
– The General Hospital – Health Center of Filiates, thanks to the John S. Latsis Public Benefit Foundation and the Greek Shipowners’ Social Welfare Company SYN-ENOSIS within the framework of the programme “Collaborating for Health” (year: 2018).
– The General Hospital of Veria, thanks to the “OTE Group of Companies” (year: 2019).
– The General Hospital of Ptolemaida “Mpodosakeio” thanks to the George Youroukos family (year: 2019).
– The General Hospital of Pella – Hospital Unit of Edessa thanks to the George Youroukos family (year: 2019).
– The General Hospital – Health Center of Karystos, thanks to an Anonymous Donor (year: 2019).
– The General Hospital – Health Center of Kythira thanks to “THE HELLENIC INITIATIVE AUSTRALIA” (year: 2019).
– The Health Center of Prinos (Thassos), thanks to the “OTE Group of Companies” (year: 2019).
– The General Hospital of Grevena, thanks to the “OTE Group of Companies” (year: 2019).
– The General Hospital of Florina “Eleni Th. Dimitriou”, thanks to MYTILINEOS S.A. (year: 2020).
– The General Hospital of Aghios Nikolaos, thanks to MYTILINEOS S.A. (year: 2020)
– The General Hospital of Cephalonia “Aghios Gerasimos”, thanks to the A. G. Leventis Foundation (year: 2020).
– The General Hospital of Argolida – Hospital Unit of Argos, thanks to “THE HELLENIC INITIATIVE AUSTRALIA” (year: 2020).
– The General Hospital of Amfissa, thanks to MYTILINEOS S.A. (year: 2020).
– The General Hospital of Tripolis “Evaggelistria”, thanks to the “OTE Group of Companies” (year: 2020).
– The General Hospital of Kozani “Mamatsio”, thanks to Hellenic Petroleum S.A. (year: 2020).
– The General Hospital of Piraeus “Tzaneio”, thanks to MYTILINEOS S.A. (year: 2021).
– The General Hospital – Health Center of Kymi, thanks to MYTILINEOS S.A. (year: 2021).
– The General Hospital of Agrinio, thanks to MYTILINEOS S.A. (year: 2021).
– The General Hospital of Corinth, thanks to the OTE Group of Companies (year: 2022).
– The Health Center of Milos, thanks to THE HELLENIC INITIATIVE AUSTRALIA (year: 2022).
– The Health Center of Tinos, thanks to the Dionyssios D. Vrecossis family (year: 2022).
– The General Hospital of Thebes, thanks to the George Youroukos family (year: 2022).
• Paediatric Departments: We have upgraded 44.
• Paediatric Clinics: We have upgraded 52.
• Intensive Care Units / HDU: We have upgraded 4.
• We have offered 1.770 machines and equipment to the Hospitals’ Paediatric Departments.
The total cost of our project from 2010 up to the present date comes to € 3.512.596.
If you wish to join or support our project by making a donation, please contact us at the numbers 210 – 6741933 & 210 – 6740118 or by sending an email to [email protected].
Board of Directors:
Natasha Clive-Vrecossis, President
Michalis Sarris, MD, Vice President
Michael Mangos, General Secretary
Olympia Pliatsikouri, Treasurer
Constantinos Velaoras, MD, Member
George-Ippokratis Klimis, Alternate Member
Athanasios Kaditis, MD, Alternate Member
Scientific Team:
Emeritus Professor George Chroussos, MD, MACP, MACE, FRCP, Emeritus Professor of Paediatrics and Endocrinology, Director, University Research Institute of Maternal and Child Health and Precision Medicine, Head, UNESCO Office of Adolescent Health and Medicine
Emeritus Professor George Briassoulis, MD, PhD, Emeritus Professor, Medical School, University of Crete Postgraduate program “Emergencies and Intensive Care in Children Adolescents and Young Adults”
Professor Athanasios Kaditis, MD, Professor of Paediatrics and Paediatric Pulmonology, 1st Department of Paediatrics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens School of Medicine, “Aghia Sophia” Children’s Hospital
Professor Panagiotis Agouridakis, MD, Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Crete, Director of the Scientific Team, National Center of Emergency Care, “EKAΒ”
Mr Constantinos Velaoras, MD, Paediatric Surgeon, ESY Consultant, “Paidon Pentelis” Children’s Hospital
Mr George Spyridis, MD, Paediatric Surgeon, Director of the 2nd Paediatric Surgery Department & Surgical Oncology Children’s Hospital “MITERA”
Mrs Aristoula Patsoura, MD, PhD, PICU Director in “Pan. & Aglaia Kyriakou” Children’s Hospital
Mr Dimitrios Pyrros, MD, Director of Medical Services, National Center of Emergency Care, “EKAΒ”
Mr George Triantos, MD, PhD, Surgeon Director, Coordinator Director of Emergency Department, General Hospital of Rhodes
Mrs Maria Pavlidou, MD, Paediatrician, Consultant of National Health System, KAT General Hospital of Attica
Mrs Despoina Iordanidou, MD, Paediatric Anaesthesiologist, Coordinating Director of the Anaesthesiology Department, General Hospital of Thessaloniki “Ippokrateion”, Senior Instructor – Course Director of Advanced Paediatric Life Support Course (APLS) of Northern Greece
