The resources of the South Aegean Operational Program 2014-2020, especially those directed to infrastructure projects, are very limited in relation to the great needs of a predominantly insular Region. This makes it even more urgent to select and finance the most important and developmental projects. One of these is the new General Hospital of Karpathos, which joined the "South Aegean" Program 2014-2020, on the priority axis "Improvement of basic infrastructure" co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund, with a budget of € 6.1 million and an implementing body for Building Infrastructure SA.
The construction of the General Hospital of Karpathos has been a matter of many years. Initially, it had been included in the financial framework of the previous Operational Program, but it could not be completed within the timeframe of the NSRF 2007-2013 (the contract was signed in September 2014), in December 2015 it was transferred to the new Program, ensuring its financing and completion.
(Source: "Communication" Magazine, published by the South Aegean Managing Authority, issue No 27, October 2016).