Friends, colleagues, ministers, parliament members and government officials from New Democracy continue to visit George Mylonakis today (16/4). According to the latest medical bulletin issued this afternoon by Evangelismos Hospital, his health condition remains stable. “Deputy Minister to the Prime Minister, Mr. George Mylonakis, continues to be hospitalized intubated in the ICU, while his condition remains stable,” the announcement states.
Among those who visited Evangelismos Hospital were Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis, Migration and Asylum Minister Thanos Plevris, Stavros Kalafatis, Culture Minister Lina Mendoni, Deputy Health Minister Marios Themistocleous, Kostas Katsafados, Assistant Health Minister Irini Agapidaki, Deputy Interior Minister for Macedonia-Thrace Konstantinos Gioulkas, the Prime Minister’s communications advisor Christos Zografos, and journalist Mara Zacharaea.
George Mylonakis: “We’re taking it day by day,” says his surgeon
Interventional neuroradiologist Eftychios Archontakis, who performed the surgery, spoke earlier about the successful brain aneurysm embolization performed yesterday on Deputy Minister George Mylonakis, following the fainting episode he experienced Wednesday morning.
As he explained to ERT, “the purpose of the surgery was to exclude the aneurysm from blood circulation. The second goal is for the patient to overcome the existing hemorrhage.” However, he noted that “it’s too early to talk” about the evolution of Mr. Mylonakis’s health progress, explaining that “complications in subarachnoid hemorrhage are chronologically defined at 6-7 days and relate to how the arteries react to blood diffused in the brain.”
He also noted that “rapid transport played a role; within the first 48 hours is good for treating an aneurysm, according to international literature.”
However, he repeated “I would wait for 2 weeks to pass before speaking. Hemorrhage is something that is ongoing and we’re taking it day by day. How the brain will react to the blood that has leaked from the arteries is very crucial.”
Clarifying that the procedure “lasted half an hour, three quarters,” Mr. Archontakis said “the surgery went well, the aneurysm is excluded so we have a good card. This also helps in managing complications that a hemorrhage might have.”
When asked about George Mylonakis’s condition when he arrived at Evangelismos Hospital, he said “he had a neurological picture consistent with an ischemic or stroke episode,” also emphasizing that “it’s much better for someone to remain intubated as protection for their brain.”
