Greek doctors are witnessing daily what they never expected to see: children and adults suffering from malnutrition

As Greeks head to the polls on Sunday in a general election, it is austerity, and the devastating effects it has had on the country, that underpins every aspect of the political debate.

On a dusty street corner in a grimy port on the outskirts of Athens, a public health crisis that has no precedent in Europe is unfolding.

After five years of unrelenting austerity, doctors working in a charity-run clinic are witnessing on a daily basis what they never expected to see inGreece - children and adults suffering from malnutrition.

In Perama, one of the poorest parts of Athens, unemployment has reached 60 per cent and families do not have enough money to put food on the table .... http://www.telegraph.co.uk