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Your health is progressing satisfactorily Archbishop of Athens and all Greece Ieronymos, according to today’s medical announcement. However, the news of his hospitalization to treat the infection COVID-19 of the one who has fallen ill, gave rise to new “conspiracy theories” about his privileged treatment.
Of course, both the hospital’s medical team “The Annunciation” where is he hospitalized Blessed as much as press office from Archdiocese clarify who receives the indicated treatment for proper disease management, like all other COVID-19 patients.
Mild sickness
It is recalled that the Archbishop was admitted to “Evangelismos” with mild symptoms of COVID-19 last Thursday morning and after he was found positive in the new coronavirus three days before. As you suffer from sugary diabetes but also hypertension, The event fever (37.7) made it necessary your admission to the hospital to better deal with the given situation and his age. His Beatitude is 82 years old.
Although it is in good condition and is expected to be released tomorrow Thursday, a post about Twitter of the former deputy Mr. Panos kammenos that they “photographed” the archbishop as they had received him america special education it provoked immediate reaction from both “Evangelism” and the Archdiocese.
Got the right treatment
Talking to reporters today the lady Anastasia Kotanidou, The hospital’s ICU director clarified that “There is no medicine that comes from America” and added that, “The treatments followed by all patients in Greece during this period, were followed in Archbishop Jerome and in Archbishop Anastasios. And fortunately one has already gone home and I hope that very soon the other will be able to go ”.
In turn, the commander of “Evangelismos” Mr. Anastasios Grigoropoulos, referring to paraphilology around a medical subject as delicate as the treatment of a patient, characteristically said that“When we talk about those things, we have to be serious and responsible. The only ones who can talk about it are the treating doctors.”
According to press reports, the issue also concerned government, with the medical team in charge of His Beatitude Hospital assuring government personnel that the question of their special treatment was never raised.
In addition, as director of the Press, Information and Communication Office of the Archdiocese of Athens, Mr. Harris Konidaris, indicated in ΑΠΕ-ΜΠΕ, “The Archbishop of Athens and all of Greece, Ieronymos, has received and continues to receive adequate treatment for coronavirus patients of this age with the same history. In his case, that is, the same protocols were followed and are applied to each COVID-19 patient, who belongs to the same category of patients ”.
And clarified how “anyway, the Archbishop himself would never accept a “specialized” or “privileged” treatment, both for his capacity and, above all, for his character».
The treatment received by the archbishop
His Beatitude, as mentioned above, upon discovering that he was infected with SARS-CoV-2 showed mild symptoms and that is why his home treatment was initially chosen. The appearance of fever, according to age and underlying diseases (diabetes and hypertension), motivated the medical team to consider admission to the “Evangelism”.
According to journalistic information, for the Archbishop the protocol of treatment of the mild illness that was followed includes adequate hydration, administration of antipyretics, anticoagulants, antimicrobials and antibiotics.
In addition, he was granted blood plasma since recovered therefore, His Beatitude is among the more than 70 patients in our country who have received this form of immunotherapy. The goal is to strengthen the immune system, either as a prophylactic or as a therapeutic agent, which has been used in the past in large epidemics, such as against measles, smallpox, Ebola and polio.
the blood plasma (rich in antibodies to fight the virus) was considered from the beginning of the pandemic as an adequate treatment for SARS-CoV-2. In Greece, in the context of a multicenter study that has been carried out since April 28 in six hospitals, with the main investigator, Professor of Hematology-Therapeutic Oncology and Rector of EKPA, Mr. Athanasios-Meletio Dimopoulos, examines this therapeutic approach and its success in treating COVID-19 disease. Based on the scientific data available to date, blood plasma can act as a barrier to the entry of the coronavirus into cells, thus preventing the progression of the infection. The administration of immunotherapy, however, works when it takes place in the early stages of the disease, as in the case of the Archbishop of Athens and all of Greece.
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