There were emotional scenes in the Thriasio Hospital of Athens and the Venizeleio Hospital of Crete on Monday as staff cheered two patients out of the intensive care units (ICUs).
“Faces smile under the masks,” physician Ioannis Koutsodimitropoulos wrote on Facebook as he upload the video of a patient known only by his first name as “Giorgos” is led out of the Thriasio ICU.
He notes that this is his first patient to be released from the ICU since the pandemic had begun. The doctor adds that there have been no deaths in the hospital, as all patients transferred to Thriasio since March 20 are alive “and battling the virus.”
Koutsodimitropoulos appeals to the Greek people to stay at home and show confidence in the country’s public health service and its employees.
Posted by Ioannis Koutsodimitropoulos on Monday, April 13, 2020
In similar scenes, a 63-year-old woman was also discharged from the ICU of Venizeleio Hospital in Heraklion, Crete. Anestis Kioulpalis, the head of the ICU, wrote on Facebook that “the coronavirus patient’s chances were slim when she arrived at the hospital.”
“However, thanks to the efforts of the nurses and doctors and all the employees in the hospital, who displayed self-sacrifice and professionalism, she was offered the chance of survival,” Kioupalis said.
Η συγκίνηση ειναι μεγάλη. Η πρώτη ασθενής μας με σοβαρή λοίμωξη από τον νέο κορωνοϊό βγαίνει από την ΜΕΘ και μεταφέρεται στην πνευμονολογική κλινική. Οι πιθανότητες ηταν συντριπτικά εναντίον της. Τα κατάφερε ομως χάρη στις προσπάθειες όσων διακρίνονται πίσω μου, των νοσηλευτών και των γιατρών της μονάδας και όλων των εργαζομένων στο νοσοκομείο, που με αυταπάρνηση και επαγγελματισμό, πρόσφεραν αυτό που πάντα δίνουν στους ασθενείς μας. Την ευκαιρία της επιβίωσης.Οφειλουμε ένα μεγάλο ευχαριστώ σε ολους, αλλα και στον κρητικό λαό που από την πρώτη στιγμή έδειξε αλληλεγγύη σε μια ξένη γυναίκα που χρειαζόταν βοήθεια και δεν είχαμε σκηνές μισαλλοδοξίας και μισανθρωπισμού, που βλέπουμε δυστυχώς σε άλλες περιοχές του κόσμου.Το Βενιζέλειο παρότι δεν ειναι νοσοκομείο αναφοράς, έδειξε ότι τα καταφέρνει στα δύσκολα. Ευελπιστούμε με μεγαλύτερη στήριξη να εχουμε ακόμα καλύτερα αποτελέσματα.
Posted by Anestis Kioulpalis on Monday, April 13, 2020
Greek health authorities on Monday announced that 73 patients are still being treated in ICUs across the country.
The average age of these patients is 68 years, and only seventeen of these are women, while 81 percent of all ICU patients have underlying health issues or are at least 70 years of age.
A total of sixteen people have so far been discharged from ICUs in the country.
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