[Correspondence] Striving for free health education in Greece after a financial crisis

Generations of medical students and trainee doctors in Greece have benefited from free education in public institutions, from textbooks to clinical training and doctoral degrees. Tuition fees have been restricted to specific postgraduate programmes.1 However, this free education is often subsidised by students themselves via unpaid overtime, uncompensated clinical rotations, voluntary research, and out-of-pocket expenses for conferences and external courses.