During a recent Chania Municipal Council meeting, the resignation of Miltiadis Kastanakis, the Director of the Surgical Clinic, highlighted growing concerns about hospital understaffing. Mayor Panagiotis Simandyrakis addressed these issues following comments from councilor Dimitris Makreas of the ‘People’s Rally’, stressing the critical staffing shortages in emergency departments. The discussion underscored increasing pressures on the healthcare system in Greece.