Answers about the cause of death of three-year-old Katerina, who died on Sunday, May 1, at the Ippokratio hospital in Thessaloniki, after about two weeks of hospitalization at Papageorgiou, the parents are looking for, with the medical file now in the hands of the family.
Speaking to protothema.gr, the mother of little Katerina breaks out and asks to know what her child died of and why she was hospitalized for so many days in the hospital "Papageorgiou", without doctors ever coming up with a clear diagnosis.
"We are anxiously waiting to find out what our child died of. It is unfair in the year 2022 to leave a child like this and from what I see there are more to come," she says, referring to seven-year-old Mario who "died" suddenly on Tuesday at the "Hippokratio" in Thessaloniki. "I am waiting for answers to the questions of what my child left and why my child was hospitalized. All this is a paranoia for me. Every day I think the same and the same, I say the same and the same, without getting answers and without coming to any conclusion, "says the mother of three-year-old Katerina."
As she goes on to say, on Wednesday the technical advisor appointed by the family, Katerina Apostolidou, received the medical file, which includes 111 pages, from the Toumba police station and hopes that soon "light" will be shed on the mysterious death of her daughter.
Dialinas: Time was lost in "Papageorgiou" What the first evidence shows
What is clear, and what emerges, in the first instance, from the evidence contained in the medical file, is, according to the family's lawyer, Nikos Dialinas, that precious time was lost until the child was transferred from "Papageorgiou" to "Hippokratio".
"On April 30, on the eve of the child's death, the values and indicators of the tests delivered at 20.53, showed a great deterioration in his health. Specifically, platelets were at 85 K/ml, while normal should be at least 150 K/ml, he had indicators of infection, increased white and neutrophils and generally the child's picture showed severe inflammation and infection, "says protothema.gr, Mr.
"Although the doctors at "Papageorgiou" knew from that time that the condition of the three-year-old girl had deteriorated, they kept her there all night and transferred her to "Hippocrates" the next day at 12.00 in the morning and in two hours she ended up. The child had a gradual deterioration in her health and they kept her in "Papageorgiou" and they did not have a neonatal and infant intensive care unit. Answers will have to be given, "stresses the family's lawyer."
We recall that little Katerina ended up in about two hours from the moment she arrived at "Hippokratio", with doctors fighting to keep her alive without, however, succeeding. As Mr. Dialinas points out, the child should have been transferred to this hospital much earlier in order to be properly treated by the doctors.
Answers to specific tests
The results of the tests that may significantly help to shed "light" on the case of the three-year-old girl's death are those that were done at the hospitals "Hippokratio" and "AHEPA" and are not included in the medical file. These are a bone marrow biopsy and a blood culture test. As Mr. Dialinas points out, since yesterday electronic requests have been sent to both hospitals in order to deliver the findings of the tests as they are considered extremely important.
"Already the medical file provides enough evidence, which we are working around the clock and will shed light on the mechanism of death," stressed the family's lawyer.
According to the technical consultant appointed by the family, Katerina Apostolidou, the medical file has been checked in order to determine what pending tests exist and the study process will follow. However, specific answers about the child's death are expected after the results of toxicological and histological tests, which may take months.
Source: Proto Thema
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