Probe launched into cancer hospital after photo leaked of patient recovering in hallway
Separate criminal and administrative investigations have been launched into a Thessaloniki hospital after a photograph was posted on social media showing a patient recovering from an anesthetic stupor in a hallway.
The photograph was taken at the Theageneio, a hospital specializing in cancer treatments, and leaked by the head of the hospital’s gastroenterology clinic in a bid to underscore the effects of underfunding and understaffing across the national health system.
The image of the young man lying across three uncomfortable plastic chairs instead of in a bed in a recovery ward after being anesthetized to undergo an invasive diagnostic procedure sparked public outrage.
The furor prompted Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis to order an administrative inquiry, while on Tuesday, a Thessaloniki prosecutor launched a judicial investigation to bring criminal charges for endangerment and breach of duty against the person/s responsible for the young man’s predicament.
