Signals, the television show with Rea Vitali, returns with a new season of 12 episodes.
The show addresses challenging topics that concern contemporary society, encouraging us to "get uncomfortable," reflect, and possibly reconsider what we take for granted.
Chronicler Rea Vitali, with an exploratory mindset and a diverse mix of guests sharing their knowledge and experiences, approaches each theme from multiple angles. She clarifies complex issues and highlights new perspectives. Sometimes looking into the past and at other times focusing on the future, the goal of the show is to provide "food for thought," not necessarily to provide answers, but certainly to stimulate insights and questions.

The program "Signals," a television creation by chronicler Rea Vitali, in the premiere of its fifth season, sheds light on the past, present, and future of three emblematic hospitals in Athens. It reveals the vision of the insightful women behind their establishment in the episode "Three Women for Three Hospitals."
As Rea Vitali describes them: "Queen Olga, Elena Venizelou, Sophia Schliemann. Three women of light."
The first stop is the "Evangelismos" hospital, where, prompted by an important album revealing its history, Rea Vitali meets with Dimitris Pistolas, the head of nursing services, in the painstakingly preserved office of Queen Olga. They discuss the hospital's history and the noble work of its benefactor, Queen Olga. "The Queen herself nursed, cared for, and tended to the patients," he notes.
Accompanying them are the hospital's director Anastasios Grigoropoulos, intensivist Anastasia Kotanidou, and academic Charalampos Roussos, known as "the father" of intensive care unit development in Greece.
The next stop is the historic maternity hospital "Marika Iliadi," commonly known as "Elena," where former pediatric surgery department director Dimitris Kayas narrates the founding story, showcasing the grand vision of its founder, Elena Skilitsi Venizelou. "Our goal is not only to engage with history but also to create within it," says the acting director, Fotini Thiakou, as she reveals the hospital's social contributions to maternity science in Greece.
Emotional testimonials come from Maria Manoura, the current head of nursing services and a former student of the hospital's midwifery school, who shares her 41-year journey.
Focusing on the present with an eye towards the future, Rea Vitali speaks with Eftychia Koukou, the director of the endocrinology department at the General Hospital "Elena Venizelou," which now offers services for transgender individuals seeking hormone therapy or gender transition.
The third and final stop of the episode is "Sotiria" hospital, where longtime pulmonologist and tuberculosis specialist Michalis Toubis recounts its journey, paying tribute to benefactor Sophia Schliemann. "Tuberculosis was rampant then, and patient mortality was a scourge at the beginning of the 20th century," he tells Rea Vitali, emphasizing the significance of Schliemann's donation for the creation of Sotiria hospital.

The episode emphasizes the enduring legacy of these three women: "Queen Olga, Elena Venizelou, Sophia Schliemann. Three women of light. Let us always remember and honor them," Rea Vitali notes.