More than a third of Greek ATMs run dry for a while on Saturday

[enhanced_deficit]

Same ol same saga:

More than a third of Greek ATMs run dry for a while on Saturday

By Reuters | 28 Jun, 2015, 04.00AM IST

Greece's govt has insisted that banks will reopen as normal on Monday and denied the country will have to impose capital controls to prevent the banks collapsing.


ATHENS: More than a third of automated teller machines across Greece ran out of cash on Saturday before they were replenished as Greeks pulled out money on fears their country was set to crash out of the euro, three banking sources said.

Anxious Greeks lined up outside ATMs after Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras made a surprise call for a referendum on austerity terms demanded by lenders, throwing talks with lenders in disarray and putting Greece on the verge of a default.

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/...w/47848405.cms

[oyarde]

Why would you have paper dollars in the bank in Greece at this point ?

[puppetmaster]

Why would you have paper dollars in the bank in Greece at this point ?

these are working people getting their direct deposit out

[Zippyjuan]

Hospitals running out of money too due to budget cuts. As a condition of loans, lenders are calling for even more budget cuts.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo...-10271819.html

Greek hospitals cannot afford painkillers, scissors or sheets as budget cuts bite

Greek hospitals have run out of supplies such as painkillers, scissors and sheets as swingeing budget cuts have left the health service unable to provide even basic provisions for operations and medical procedures.

Huge cuts to the healthcare budget, amid the economic turmoil which made millions unemployed, have left than 2.5m Greeks uninsured, up from 500,000 in 2008, the Times reported.

On coming to power the Syriza government scrapped the €5 fee for attending state hospitals and pledged to hire 4,500 more health workers, despite the need for austerity and criticism from creditors.

Notwithstanding the government’s promises, healthcare spending has fallen by 25 per cent since 2009, creating shortages of the most basic surgical equipment and leaving too little money to pay nurses' salaries.

Reports have surfaced of patients being turned away from hospital because there was no meter to measure their high blood pressure, while others have had to do without painkillers during medical procedures. One patient was even asked to bring their own sheets to hospital.

A trainee surgeon at KAT, a respected state hospital in Athens, said the situation was at “breaking point”.

“There is no money to repair medical equipment, no money for ambulances to use for petrol, no money to hire nurses and no money to buy modern surgical supplies,” he told the Times.

The news comes as the Greek finance minister, Yanis Varoufakis, warned the country would run out of money in a matter of weeks.

[oyarde]

these are working people getting their direct deposit out

They should have been getting it out ea pay day for a long time now , and converting whatever was left to something else after paying the bills .Hell , I do that and I do not live in Greece.LOL

[oyarde]

Hospitals running out of money too due to budget cuts. As a condition of loans, lenders are calling for even more budget cuts.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo...-10271819.html

Well , hell , I could probably donate some scissors to some right wing group , if there are any .

[Danke]

They should have been getting it out ea pay day for a long time now , and converting whatever was left to something else after paying the bills .Hell , I do that and I do not live in Greece.LOL

Beads are not in high demand over there.

[oyarde]

Beads are not in high demand over there.

Before long , they will want some of my trinkets , LOL