A key document from the transfer of Giorgos Mazonakis to “Elpis” hospital reveals that the two accused doctors refused to cooperate with paramedics from EKAB (Greece’s National Emergency Medical Service) and attempted to conceal the identity of the well-known singer.
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The EKAB document and the doctors’ refusal
According to notes and observations recorded by paramedics in the patient handover protocol at the hospital’s Emergency Department, it is explicitly noted that “the doctors on site refused to provide information.” More specifically, according to Alpha TV, the ambulance report — completed by paramedics during the transfer of the singer from the private clinic on Karneadou Street to “Elpis” hospital — states that Giorgos Mazonakis was not breathing, and that CPR was initially performed by the attending doctor, who subsequently administered an adrenaline injection.
“The doctor came down to the ambulance, but when he heard they were heading to Elpis, he didn’t go with them”
It should be recalled that Giorgos Mathiopoulos, president of the EKAB workers’ union, speaking to SKAI television, stated that the doctors “did not know how to perform CPR and were waiting for the paramedics to do it — which they did, completing three full cycles as required.” He specifically noted that finding a person in cardiac arrest in a semi-seated position makes it impossible to perform proper CPR. As he explained, the paramedics “laid him flat, did everything that was required, and unfortunately he did not respond. They then brought him down to the ambulance with oxygen and transported him to Elpis hospital.”
He also pointed out that the doctors did not accompany Mazonakis to the hospital. “The doctor did not go with him — he came down to the ambulance, but when he heard we were heading to Elpis, he didn’t follow,” he said, explaining that during the transfer of Giorgos Mazonakis from the first floor to the ambulance, the doctor had initially accompanied them downstairs but did not continue into the ambulance. When asked by journalists whether the doctors had performed CPR before the paramedics arrived, Mr. Mathiopoulos reiterated that “when the paramedics arrived, they found him in a semi-seated position with one-handed CPR being attempted,” adding emphatically: “That is not CPR.”
