The Regulation of the Holy Hospital Hagios Panteleimon: Administrative and Ethical Framework under the Ottoman...

"Samos Holy Hospital Hagios Panteleimon" was founded on Samos Island, which at the time was part of the Ottoman Empire, in the second half of the 18^th century. It was not until the beginning of the second decade of the 20thcentury, just a few months before unification with Greece, that a Regulation of Procedure, embracing all aspects of its function and operations, was published by the Ottoman-appointed hegemonic regime in the local government gazette. Despite the Samian society's gender and patient inequalities that are also reflected in its articles, this regulation was the first serious attempt in the hospital's history to establish a systematic approach to this institution's mode of administration, staff selection, training, and duties, as well as an ethical frame for delivering care to all patients.