A volunteer doctor of the Aegean Team examines a local woman on the islet of Thymaina, Greece, May 11, 2017. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis
THYMAINA, Greece (Reuters) - When locals on this Aegean island fall ill, first they turn to their medicine cabinet. Then they turn to God.
There is no doctor on Thymaina, a barren, wind-swept island in eastern Greece with just 150 residents. Like others in the region, they must travel to a bigger island, or Athens, but in winter the seas are rough and the conditions unforgiving.
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