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Tonight, on New Year’s Eve, a special festive atmosphere was created in the “Agios Andreas” hospital in Patras, by the firefighters of the 6th EMAK and the 1st fire station of the city.
The firefighters, dressed as Santa Claus and elves, descended with ropes from the roof of the seven-story building to the balconies of the rooms, delivering gifts, but also joy to patients.
The first Santa Claus climbed up the hospital chimney, while the rest of the Santa Claus and the elves began to descend through the balconies, where patients, their companions and hospital personnel awaited them.
Seeing the firefighters up close, patients, assistants and staff began to clap, thank and wish them a happy new year. Throughout this festive “mission”, the facade of the building was illuminated by stars, while the band from the municipality of Patras played carols and carols. It should be noted that tonight’s event was organized by the hospital administration, observing all prescribed protective measures, in cooperation with the fire department, the Patras municipality and the Western Greece Region, with the aim, according to the administration from the hospital, to reach everywhere. message of love, optimism and hope for the new year.
Speaking after the event, Giannis Petroutsos, Lieutenant General for Firefighters and Operations Coordinator in the Peloponnese, Western Greece and Ionian Islands, said that “with tonight’s event we wanted to boost patient morale and send the message of that the new year will bring hope for a better future. ” For his part, the regional deputy governor of Acaya, Charalambos Bonanos, said that “the objective of this event was to change the gloomy climate of these days,” adding that “the Western Greece Region will always support similar actions.”
Speaking later, the president of the cultural organization of the municipality of Patras, Katerina Geropanagioti, stressed that “in this symbolic, but also substantial way, we wanted, not only to support the workers, but to unite our voice with the voice of the movement, demanding and demanding everything necessary now to protect the health of our people ”.
In his own statements, the governor of the sixth health district, Giannis Karvelis, affirmed that “we are in an important hospital, where several patients have already been treated both in the Covid clinic and in the intensive care unit” while, as he added , “Currently nine patients are being treated in the clinic and one in the unit.”
In fact, as he pointed out, “we hope that in a short time all these fellow citizens will leave the hospital and return home safe and sound.”
At the same time, Giannis Karvelis stressed that “we have been fighting a great battle for a long time and at this moment we are at the beginning of freedom, a freedom that comes from the vaccination process, which has already begun in Patras.” Commenting on the vaccination procedure, the commander of the VI Health District said that “today another 250 doses of vaccine arrived for the University Hospital of Patras, while next Sunday another larger batch of vaccines will arrive.” He also said that “next Monday the vaccination process will begin at the ‘Agios Andreas’ hospital”, adding that “we continue to complete the vaccination of medical personnel, while after January 20, according to the plan of the Ministry of Health.” Now we will aim to vaccinate the general population. “
Source: ΑΠΕ-ΜΠΕ
