ATHENS, August 5, 2008 (AFP) - The father of an Australian tourist beaten to death in Greece called for better medical care on island destinations popular with tourists, after talks with the health minister Tuesday.

'You have thousands of people going to these islands, and these tourists need to know that if they get into trouble that they can get the medical care,' said Oliver Zammit after meeting Greek Health Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos.

'It's not always about money, it's about life,' Zammit told reporters.

Zammit's son Doujon was badly beaten last week in an incident outside the Tropicana club on Mykonos island's Paradise beach, allegedly by four staff members, one of whom is now in pre-trial custody.

The 20-year-old was originally sent to a health centre on Mykonos but had to be flown to a hospital in Athens, a common practice with medical emergencies on many of the Greek islands, which lack full-blown hospital facilities.

Doujon Zammit died in an Athens hospital on Friday after his life support was switched off.

'I've also asked the minister of health to promise me that the people, the government, the parliament will get together and realise that they do have a problem on Mykonos when it comes to hospitals,' said his father.

Avramopoulos thanked Zammit, who is leaving Greece, for donating his son's heart, kidneys, liver and lungs to four people, including a 30-year-old Greek Australian in hospital in Athens.

'Mr Zammit is leaving Greece, leaving behind four (people who are) siblings of his son,' said the minister.

'His generousity is a lesson. The Greek state honours his important gesture and assures him that his son's legacy will not go to waste.'