Athens General Hospital 'Evangelismos' ( Greek : Γενικό Νοσοκομείο Αθηνών «Ο Ευαγγελισμός» ) is one of the largest public hospitals in Greece . It is located in a sub-neighbourhood of Kolonaki named after it, Evangelismos .
4-422: Construction of the building began on 25 March 1881 (architect Gerasimos Metaxas and construction by Lazaros Sarantoglou ) and was finished exactly three years later on 25 March 1884, when it opened to the public on 16 April. Until 1983, the hospital was run as a charitable organization, but in that year it was nationalized and became part of the public health system. The nearby Athens Metro station Evangelismos
8-691: Is named after it. 37°58′39″N 23°44′51″E / 37.977420°N 23.747470°E / 37.977420; 23.747470 This article about a hospital in Europe is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Lazaros Sarantoglou Lazaros Sarantoglou ( Greek : Λάζαρος Σαραντόγλου ) was born in Madytos in 1862 and died in Athens in 1924 The son of Charalampos Sarantoglou, he had two brothers, Georgios and Nikolaos Sarantoglou. He left his home at an early age after having received
12-521: The Evangelismos Hospital , to which he had bequeathed part of his big fortune, on the condition that there would always be two free beds available for Madytians needing treatment. Lazaros Sarantoglou was one of the personal and political friends of the politician and Mayor of Athens Dimitrios Kallifronas . Great appreciation was also shown by Sarantoglou to the then Archbishop of Athens and all Greece Chrysostomos Papadopoulos . It
16-544: The basic education. He first went to Constantinople , where he apprenticed with some of the masters and architects from Madytos, and then left for Athens, his skill and honesty made him one of the renowned contractors of that era, who undertook the construction of large buildings, thus acquiring considerable wealth. In Athens, Sarantoglou often intervened on behalf of fellow Madytians when they came to Athens, primarily to seek medical care. They were hosted at his home on Methonis street and he cared for them to be hospitalized in
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