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First entry: Saturday, September 26, 2020, 01:00
With the reading of the names of the witnesses and with the first testimony of Father Manolis Paraskakis, the trial for the death of little Melina of Naples began, who died at the end of December 2015, after a routine operation in which she had been sent to the Venizelio Hospital in Heraklion.
The anesthesiologist is sitting on the bench at the Heraklion Three-Member Misdemeanor Court, charged with negligent manslaughter for the death of a 4-year-old girl after a meat operation. After the testimony of the parents, followed that of the Director, on Friday, of the PAGNI Children’s ICU. As announced, the trial will continue on October 30.
In his testimony, Manolis Paraskakis described that day, with absolute composure but also frequent tingling in his voice, while there were also moments when he cried. He said that they had done with religious reverence what the doctors told them about the preparation and that the preoperative exam was squeaky clean. He said they were late to leave and that he noticed the nurses in a panic. In the end, as he said, the surgeon came out and informed them that they tried to wake the boy twice, they couldn’t and that he was having bronchospasm.
“I asked him as a father if my son was in danger. They reassured me. If I knew that this anesthesiologist would take care of my son, after hearing that she used pethidine I would not go with her. Unfortunately I cannot prove that it matters” My son tried to wrong way, “he said.
“My son was sacrificed to change some things, as I learn, in the NSS about the preoperative examination of children and the training of anesthesiologists. It is not uncommon for a child to have bronchospasm, the problem is how it was treated,” said the father . of Melina.
“You lied”
The testimony of Melina’s mother was also charged with emotion, who, with tears in her eyes but without outbursts and voices, in turn described the day everything ended for her little daughter.
She mentioned as much as her husband, pointing out that the information they had in Venizelio was: “Your son does not wake up, there is no indication that he is in danger and for his judgment the security will be transferred to the PAGNI Children’s Intensive Care Unit” .
However, she stressed that when they arrived at the University Hospital “like crazy” and told the doctor who informed them there that the child was not in danger – based on the information they had about Venizelio – she turned around and told them: “They lied to you” .
The doctor in particular, who is currently the Director of the Children’s ICU and at that time was Curator A, was the next witness, and the President of the Court asked her: “When you informed the parents in the first briefing he said ‘they lied to him’ “. “;
The witness replied: “I don’t remember saying such a thing. In the many years I have been working I have avoided such extreme expressions.”
A little later he said: “I told them ‘no, it is not what they told you. The child has more than 90% chance of dying’ this is what I told them now that I bring it to my mind, they brought us a pale child , cold, no sign. traffic, who opposed us “
Many questions from the Prosecutor’s Office and the headquarters
The Prosecutor, the President of the Court and the judges asked the Director of the ICU many questions, in an excessive effort to clarify as best as possible what led to the fatal outcome of the 4-year surgery.
Among other things, the intensivist was asked what could have caused the bronchospasm, if the child should have been given adrenaline, how many times and in what amounts, always according to the relevant protocol and algorithms.
“I’ve been waiting for justice for 5 years”
Speaking to journalists before the trial began, Melina’s father said, among other things: “I have been waiting five years for my daughter to be vindicated. The file shows the errors of the anesthesiologist. Delayed treatment, bad way and against the protocol ”.
Source: cretalive.gr
