Hospital-based child protection unit

The first hospital-based child protection unit in Greece

On the initiative of ELIZA, the Child Safety Care Unit ‘Sofia Varvitsiotis’ of the 2nd Department of Paediatrics of the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens (N.K.U.A.) was founded at the “P. & A. Kyriakou”  Children’s Hospital in Athens, and inaugurated by the President of the Hellenic Republic, on 5th June 2018.

It constitutes the first hospital-based child protection unit in Greece.
The needs of children at risk of abuse and/or neglect are best addressed by hospital-based protection teams.

Thus, the Child Safety Care Unit’s ultimate goal is to identify infants and children at risk of abuse and neglect, at the youngest possible age, and to safeguard vulnerable families.

The activities of the Unit involve:

2nd Care Unit for the Safety of Children at the “Attikon” Hospital

The inauguration ceremony for the “ELIZA” Care Unit for the Safety of Children of the C’ University Paediatric Clinic at the “ATTIKON” University Hospital was held on Monday 22 November 2021 and was attended by H.Ε. the President of the Hellenic Republic, Mrs. Katerina Sakkelaropoulou.

The unit is the second in Greece: