In the courts of the former Evelpidon School, the Director of Cardiology was brought shortly before 11.00 Clinic of Hippocrates Hospital who was arrested for a “sachet”. The doctor will first cross the prosecutor’s threshold, who is expected to prosecute him. On the escort of the vehicles was one of the ELAS Home Affairs Department.
For the story, the Director of the Hippocrates Hospital Cardiology Clinic was caught in the case of a patient’s sachet. Today, a second complaint of a other patient reported that he had to give sachet. According to an ERTnews report, a relative patient complains that the doctor demanded 3,000 euros to operate her mother -in -law. According to the complaints, The Director of Cardiac Surgery Clinic He allegedly set up a blackmail mechanism, asking for money from patients either to operate them or to continue taking care of them after surgery.
The doctor was arrested by police officers from the ELAS Internal Affairs Department after trapping. A patient’s wife handed the doctor with a dossier of 4,000 euros in pronounced banknotes, after consulting with the authorities.
He just delivered the money, Police were handcuffed to the doctor. Despite his claims that the money was not his own, the trap was well set up and he was taken to the police station. After the case was revealed, many patients complained that the doctor was blackmailed patients to operate them faster or to continue their care, depending on the amount they received.
A patient’s bride described exclusively to ERTnews that the doctor demanded 3,000 euros to put her mother -in -law in the operating room, saying: “If you don’t give me 3 thousand, I don’t put her in the operating room.” She said that the doctor justified the amount by saying that “the kids would get a coffee”, implying that part of the money would end up with his associates or assistants.
According to complaints, The doctor’s tariff started from 8,000 euros and could be reduced to 3,000 euros, Depending on the financial ability of the patient or the personal contacts that existed for understanding. In some cases, he requested some of the amount before the surgery and the balance for the continuation of care. The shocking of the case, as the relative points out, is that the blackmail was done even after the patient had already entered the operating room, that is, it had opened. The doctor allegedly said clearly: “You give me 3 thousand now or I don’t put him in the operating room”, endangering the patient’s life and causing shock to his family.