In the incident with the Elevator retreat at “G. Gennimatas » The Minister of Health reported Adonis Georgiadisin his post on social media. As he said, the maintenance company examined the lift shortly after the incident and did not find any damage, and all its security certificates were valid and genuine.
As he pointed out, the employee who filed the complaint did so many hours after the incident, and the announcements were made by trade unions. The case is being investigated by the administration and the competent authorities, with the Minister already ordered to re -examine all lifts to the NHS hospitals. At the same time, he assured that there is no risk for patients, attendants and staff, stressing that security should not be politically exploited.
In detail his post:
“As for the complaint of falling the lift yesterday at the” G. Gennimatas »(a) The maintenance company and has issued the relevant certificates (one of the largest in Greece) immediately examined the lift immediately after the complaint and did not find any damage at all, b) the police officer and the officer were called to the company He testified that recently (on July 20) his last maintenance was made and he did not find any problems at all. Following these checks, the police released them free, without any charges, (c) the complaint was made by the employee many hours after and after finishing its shift, initially claimed to fall on the ground floor, then corrected it on the outside floor. The relevant harsh announcements were made by trade unionists and not by her. In any case, the complaint shall be examined by both the Administration and the competent authorities. After the event on the Red Cross I have issued a relevant circular, where I ordered all hospital administrations to re -maintain maintenance check on all lifts, all NHS hospitals. Our patients, our companions and our employees have nothing to fear. In all lifts we have the most recent and valid security certificates. We do not play security, but in such serious issues, communication and opposition games should not be played. “
As for the complaint of falling the lift yesterday at the “G. Gennimatas »(a) The maintenance company and has issued the relevant certificates (one of the largest in Greece) examined the lift shortly after the complaint and found no one…
– Adonis Georgiadis (@adonisGiadi) August 11, 2025