Filitsa Galani, who runs a pharmacists on the island of Salamina, near Athens, had her first taste of life under Greece's new capital controls regime when she spoke to suppliers on Monday and heard they were restricting orders. Given their health system's heavy reliance on imported pharmaceuticals, medicines have been one of the main concerns of many Greeks as they face an uncertain period in which dealing with foreign suppliers has become more complicated. Sunday's decision to impose capital controls, blocking transfers out of Greece after a flood of withdrawals, had been expected for days and there were few signs of outright panic when it was confirmed.
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