Pedtrauma” is a non-profit, non-governmental organization, which was founded in 1998 in Athens by a small number of doctors and parents. Its sole purpose is to raise awareness on children’s accidents in Greece, reduce their number and severity and to improve care once an accident has occurred.
According to the statistics of the Hospitals and Health Centers equipped by “Pedtrauma”, from 2010 up to the present date more than 1.605.000 children have benefitted from our Charity.
In 2021, 295.000 children passed through the Trauma Centers and the Paediatric Departments equipped by “Pedtrauma”.
a) By opening Trauma Centers in all the major Public Children’s Hospitals in Athens and throughout Greece.
b) By upgrading and equipping the Paediatric Departments and Clinics of the Hospitals and the Health Centers with the necessary machinery.
c) By helping finance seminars where specialized doctors train surgeons, doctors, nurses, and Ambulance Paramedics on how to help the injured children the fastest and best way possible (Medical Seminars Program “Leonidas Georgopoulos”). We have already managed to train 1.915 doctors, nurses, and Ambulance Paramedics.
d) By educating children on trauma prevention. In particular, we visit schools and talk to children, teachers and parents about how to prevent accidents from happening. To date we have spoken to 52.753 children and 3.211 teachers and parents. It has been statistically proven that by introducing Trauma Prevention into schools the number and severity of accidents occurring has been reduced by up to 50%.
More specifically, we have managed to upgrade and equip 112 Departments in 92 Hospitals / Health Centers:
Trauma Centers: We have built and equipped 45 Trauma Centers in the following Hospitals:
Paediatric Departments: We have upgraded 37.
Paediatric Clinics: We have upgraded 26.
Intensive Care Units / HDU: We have upgraded 4.
We have offered 1.370 machines and equipment to the Hospitals’ Paediatric Departments.
The total cost of our project from 2010 up to the present date comes to € 2.955.979.
If you wish to join or support our project by making a donation, please contact us at the numbers 210-6741933 & 210-6740118 or by sending an email to info@pedtrauma.gr.
Board of Directors:
Natasha Clive-Vrecossis, President
Michalis Sarris, MD (Paediatrician-neonatologist), Vice President
Maria Sofianopoulou, General Secretary
Olympia Pliatsikouri, Treasurer
George-Ippokratis Klimis, Member
Constantinos Velaoras, Alternate Member
Scientific Team: