He expressed his condolences to the victim's family, who died in the fire that broke out Wednesday morning at the hospital Papanikolaou, the Minister of Health Thanos Plevris, who went immediately with Mrs. Mina Gaga to Thessaloniki, after being informed of the incident.
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Plevris informed that one of the two injured is in a serious condition. At the same time, he noted that so far the causes that started the fire have not been clarified.
"All necessary actions were taken, as you understand that the presence of oxygen in a place where there is inflammation is very dangerous. The nursing staff, as well as the doctors acted immediately, especially Mr. Tryphon, who provided immediate care to the patients who were rescued, and prevented worse situations from occurring," Plevris said.
The health minister explained there was a rapid effort to care for the people being treated in the Covid room, as everyone had an oxygen supply. "The fire brigade is currently assessing the incident, as are the experts, in order to clarify the cause of the fire. So far there is no further update, as well as we do not know if there was negligence or not. We are looking for everything, we are examining everything and nothing is excluded."
The site where the fire broke out will be immediately operational, according to Plevris, as at the hospital there was immediate support from the 424. "It will function normally, the pressure that exists in the Covid cases immediately will be restored. From there it is being investigated as to the cause of the incident. The reality is that the fire was extinguished immediately, even our notification was immediate. The oxygen supply was quickly cut off, which is the most important thing," and added that "the 424 GSC hospital is on standby in case it becomes necessary to transport patients. In its next on-call will operate normally."
For her part, Deputy Minister of Health, Mina Gaga in her statements said that "the hospital will have a Covid clinic. Already, all the cases are inside the hospital. It could light up with the oxygen supplies it has at the moment. Fortunately, the fire was contained to one ward. We are very sorry for both the patient who died and the other injured. There is one patient who is seriously injured and the rest are fine."
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