Forensic medicine in Greece is provided by three public structures: the forensic services of the Ministry of Justice, the university forensic laboratories and the National Health System hospitals that have this specialty. Historically, the first two were the oldest, but unfortunately their structures were unable to cover the entire population of the country.
Indeed, for years a large part of the population in our country (especially in the regions) has experienced the lack of a forensic pathologist when they needed one. This shortage results in inconvenience and a considerable financial burden for citizens, while the scientific outcome has often been questionable, frequently (especially in the past) produced by non-specialists, with all that this implies.
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