“I will not apologize for resuscitating more than the protocol states. Should I have abandoned the child? I have a clear conscience,” replied Karamandanios’ anesthesiologist Ioannis Hasapopoulos to the objections of the defense of Roulas Pispirigou that he prolonged the procedure even though he knew about the irreversible brain damage “to cover yourself”.

The testimony of the anesthetist began in the morning and continued with the questions of the lawyer of the 34-year-old defendant who at this stage of the trial before the MoD is being examined for the attempted murder of Georgina in Karamandanio a year before the child died.

Mr. Kougias submitted questions to Mr. Hasapopoulos about the 50-minute duration of resuscitation, previously asking the witness to confirm that after 10 minutes of rest, the brain suffers irreparable damage.

Witness: If there is no intervention in the first minutes after the appearance of symptoms of obstruction, yes there is a great danger. That is why CPR must be started immediately, even by a passerby.

Advocate: So the doctor in the case of Iris who stopped at 30 minutes was wrong?

Witness: The protocol does say 30 minutes, but it is not binding. I will not apologize for doing more. I did what was humanly possible and I have a clear conscience.

Advocate: To cover yourself you did these things. Did you know that the brain is damaged?

Witness: Each incident is unique. It depends on many factors. And because I knew 10-20 minutes had passed I had to abandon the child?

At the beginning of the examination of the anesthesiologist by the defense Mr. Kougias asked the anesthesiologist why when Georgina had a stroke he was absent from the Hospital since he was on call.

Witness: I said before that I was on mixed duty. That is, ready at my house.

Counsel: Is that determined by some document?

Witness: From the on-call schedule.

Advocate: So if the court asks for the document, will it list it?

Witness: Yes.

Answering questions from the 34-year-old’s lawyer, the doctor said that he did not delay at all from the moment he was notified as he was already dressed and his house is not even two kilometers from Karamandanio.

Counsel: When you arrived from the time you parked until you got to the room how much time passed?

Witness: I told you a total of 5 minutes I was there.

Defense attorney: Mr. Daskalakis told us here that he arrived before you at the hospital and took at least ten minutes to arrive.

Witness: I do not know what Mr. Daskalakis did and when he was notified.

Advocate: This is where he told us that the doctors came in, they started CPR, the accused called him and after 10 minutes after they arrived, you also came. What reason does he have to lie?

Witness: They never asked me for any responsibility. On the contrary, the defendant has spoken positively about the help the child had. They saw the effort. A few days later, Mr. Daskalakis made a gesture that impressed me. On Easter, he called me to wish me a happy birthday to thank me. This moved me and I didn’t expect it.

The trial will continue tomorrow.