With the general election looming, a new crisis is hitting the Greek health service. <br /><br />Budget cuts mean the sick and elderly are not receiving the medicine they need. <br />Pharmacists were owed huge amounts of money by the health ministry and now they have stopped supplying medicine on credit, even to those who have contributed to state insurance.<br /><br />Patients now have to pay up front. Those with high-risk chronic conditions were to receive emergency help, but even some of them have had difficulty finding medication. <br /><br />Doctors fear for the future of the Greek health service as Sunday's general election approaches with no clear favourite - and massive economic uncertainty.<br /><br />Al Jazeera's Tim Friend reports from Athens.
