“I won’t stop, I’ll go until the very end, I’ll stay here even if I die,” emphasizes Panos Routsi, who is determined to continue his fight until he learns the truth about his child’s death, who lost his life in the Tempi rail tragedy. Panos Routsi, visibly weakened and with deteriorating health, continues his hunger strike outside Parliament for the 20th day, demanding that his request for the exhumation of his son, Dennis, be granted so that toxicological tests can be performed to get answers about his child’s death.
“I’m here, continuing my strike for what’s obvious. I won’t stop, I’ll go until the very end. It’s impossible to live in this country and not be allowed to exhume my child.” “Government MPs should put themselves in my position for just one moment. Think as fathers, as mothers, how they would feel. I can’t understand if there’s any humanity left in them. Let’s change a bit inside ourselves, think with our hearts and not with our chairs,” he said, speaking to MEGA.
His health is deteriorating after nearly three weeks of hunger strike. Yesterday, Friday (03/10), he was transferred to Nikaia General State Hospital, with doctors monitoring him finding that Panos Routsi has mild lower limb edema, orthostatic hypotension and tachycardia upon standing, while he has lost 10 kilograms.
“I continue my fight. I’m not very well these days, my strength has declined, but the people who come here give me so much strength. People are angry about what’s happening. I’m asking for the obvious, to learn what my child died from.
“I refuse to allow exhumation only for DNA tests. I won’t allow anyone to disturb my child. I will never agree to exhumation for DNA tests – not me, not my family, not the people.”
Mr. Routsi declined to comment on Adonis Georgiadis’s statements, while emphasizing that two years after the Tempi rail accident, trains continue to operate without safety. “I’ll stay here even if I die. I won’t leave unless my request is accepted. I want to know how my child died,” was Panos Routsi’s message.
