Kefalonia: Three arrested in Myrto death case – Lawyer raises questions over doctors

The 3 arrested men allegedly progressive successful the lawsuit of the decease of 19-year-old Myrtos are being brought earlier the researcher and the authoritative of Kefalonia this morning.

A transgression prosecution was brought against them, which was upgraded to manslaughter by omission, with a notation to articles 299 and 15 of the Criminal Code.

The 23-year-old’s lawyer blames doctors

The 23-year-old’s lawyer, Panagiotis Theodorakopoulos, said successful statements extracurricular the Kefalonia tribunal that the unfortunate Myrto arrived live astatine the infirmary and noted that “the doctors were there; determination were none.”

Specifically, helium said: “I explicit my condolences to the household of Myrto and the authorities and the minister, fto them look backmost to spot what happened connected that peculiar nighttime erstwhile the miss went to the infirmary alive. Where were the doctors? I’m atrocious to accidental determination were none. The ambulance was informed, and they came and took the girl; she was already alive. Now, from there, analyse it, archer america what happened.

My lawsuit called the ambulance from his phone. They took her downstairs for an ambulance to travel and get her. I cognize my lawsuit was successful the country cleaning it. I don’t cognize what they were cleaning, and I don’t attraction to know. The compartment phone, she went to the hospital, was informed that she was dead, and past took it to the store wherever they were hanging out, for her person to prime it up. A 23-year-old kid who hasn’t bothered the authorities for anything, and the authoritative is calling him unsafe and bringing him up connected a superior complaint starring to a beingness sentence, we’ll talk.”

However, yesterday, the Minister of Health, Adonis Georgiades, denied the circumstantial allegations successful a station connected X.

As helium noted successful his post, “the agrarian doc connected work was the archetypal to beryllium contacted and successful little than a infinitesimal and a half, the cardiologist connected work was down successful the exigency country and successful little than 7 minutes the anesthesiologist connected duty.”

“Unfortunately, Myrto had arrived astatine the infirmary with her past breaths, and it was not imaginable to prevention her,” Adonis Georgiades noted.

The station successful detail:

“Regarding the lawsuit of the unfortunate Myrtou from Kefalonia and the complaints astir the deficiency of doctors from the exigency room, I precocious spoke with the Governor of the 6th Medical Center, who investigated the incidental by speaking with the Hospital Governor, the Director of Nursing, and the unit of the exigency country who were connected work astatine that time.

Shortly earlier 05:00, the ambulance of the ambulance work entered the infirmary with a siren. Immediately, the hospital’s wellness workers realized the seriousness of the incident. The agrarian doc connected work was contacted first, and successful little than a infinitesimal and a half, the on-call cardiologist was down successful the exigency room, and successful little than 7 minutes, the on-call anesthesiologist. All indispensable efforts were made ( CPR, intubation, medication of adrenaline and different drugs), but unfortunately, Myrto had reached the infirmary with her past breaths and could not beryllium saved.

I explicit my sincere condolences to her family.”