This is the result of all the administrations and employees of the hospital, but mainly a realization of the vision, of the national benefactors, brothers Nikos and Leonidas Papageorgiou, on the basis of which it was designed, built, equipped, staffed and operated.

With its opening in August 1999, the hosting of University Clinics in 2004, completed in the best way the staffing of the Hospital, which is now in constant cooperation with the Medical School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

After more than two decades of operation and according to an evaluation by an international committee on behalf of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, the Papageorgiou Hospital is considered one of the best hospital institutions in Europe in terms of both completeness and quality of services provided to the suffering fellow human being.

The notable difference is that all employees offer their services to all patients without exception with a smile, kindness and love, which is the cornerstone of the philosophy of its operation, as cultivated for many years by the first president of the Hospital, one of the donor brothers Nikos Papageorgiou.

This human-centred philosophy governs the behaviour of all employees. The vision for health care now extends to preventive medicine, timely and accurate diagnosis, innovative services and serve of the community, the introduction of innovative medical practices, the continuous improvement and modernization of medical equipment such as the latest supply of the State-of-the-art MRI scanner, which ranks it among the top twenty hospitals worldwide. 

Today, Papageorgiou has clinics and departments covering the whole range of hospital care spectrum and performs significant educational work by providing specialization to doctors, continuous education, research and training of doctors and nurses and developing special educational and research programs.

• The number of employees is approximately 1900, and the number of hospital beds is 800.
• The daily attendance at the Outpatient Clinics exceeds 1000 people.
• The number of cases handled in the Emergency Department averages over 900 and if students in training, companions and visitors are taken into account, the daily turnover in the hospital premises is over 7000 people.
• The number of surgeries has risen to 19,978 per year.

Snlisted in the joint effort for the dynamic and successful Course of the hospital, management and employees every year set the bar higher and higher for its goals and despite the unfavourable economic conditions of recent years, all goals are fully achieved, with the ultimate goal of providing quality health care to the citizens who prefer and trust it.