Quote from: Unknown on August 07, 2025, 12:37:09 AMHello there. What was the main reason you did not choose Giotikas? How was the environment of the place?
Hello...
I was in Athens, he is a very polite person and handsome tall guy. You can have him as a model for how you want to look like.
For me was easy to get there, because I took the plane in the morning, I arrived one hour later, I took 2 metro trains and I arrived to his clinic and in the evening I left Athens, on the same way back and at midnight I arrived home.
The clinic is clean and polite perople. He gave me a discount for all tests, like X-rays, Blood test and DEXA bone test.
I also paid 300 Euro for the consultation.
The problem is the living conditions !...
1. You must rent a place in Athens, in a certain area for nurses, so they can easily get to you. Could be a hotel, which is expensive, or a regular residential building, but you must be sure has wheelchair access. They dont have a medical centre where you can live for 3-4 months, you are just on your own.
2. One of his patient died of embolia, after 2 weeks, in his place and nobody could help him, because nobody was around
3. They dont send a PT guy to your bed. NO, they ask you to kill-yourself calling every day a regular taxi and to go on the street with your wheelchair, to struggle to move yourself from chair to the taxi bench and to ask the taxi driver to put your wheelchair in the trunk, no matter if is sun, wind, rain, etc !.... And this is a crime for people like us, who was very traumatized after surgery and we cannot move our body anywhere for many weeks, because the BIG pain !!... They not even offer you a specialized taxi for handicap, so you can stay confortable in your wheel chair on the trip, unless you pay for this expensive service.
4. Athens is a busy city and crowded, full of immigrants from middle East, very noisy because the restaurants and bars all night long, with drugged people on streets, with very hot weather in summer, etc... so it is far from what you need for your healing period !
5. If you rent a residential apartment, you must take care of your place cleaning, garbage, etc... or to pay somebody to do it.
6. You have to call and order your food, because nobody bring you food at bed, especially if you rent an apartment.
7. If you have an emergency, they cannot arrive quckly... so that is another stress and life threat.
So, I said pass !!.. I DIDNT NEED THAT !!... So I chose Istanbul and I never regret that !
