Greece: "Insolvency has rocked schools and hospitals, where staff complain they not only do not have the money to heat classrooms and wards but even to purchase painkillers for children and patients"

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/nov/28/greeks-forests-fuel-winter-nears

Greeks turn to the forests for fuel as winter nears

As austerity tightens its grip, many of the middle class find themselves in a desperate struggle to make ends meet

Helena Smith in Tsagarada, Pelion

"Last week, Greece heard that malaria, officially eliminated 40 years ago, had also made a comeback with cases being noted in eastern Attica and the Peloponnese. News of the outbreak came on the day Greek sports, already a dying art, took another blow with the Hellenic Olympic committee unexpectedly announcing the closure in the capital of the pool used by elite swimmers because authorities can no longer afford heating oil. Insolvency has rocked schools and hospitals, where staff complain they not only do not have the money to heat classrooms and wards but even to purchase painkillers for children and patients."