Agonizing are the appeals of relatives, some of whom have already arrived at the Port of Kalamata, looking for people who were on board the fishing vessel.
The dead who have been retrieved from the waters of the Mediterranean Sea after the fatal shipwreck off Pylos, in the early hours of Wednesday, finally reach 78, according to the latest clarification from the Coast Guard.
Among the 78 dead, a woman is included, according to the latest updates.
At the same time, about 80 rescued people spent the night in the makeshift camp set up yesterday at the port of Kalamata. Since early in the morning, vehicles and teams of the police, the fire department, the Coast Guard are at the port and are ready to provide assistance to businesses, while trucks with water and food arrive.
The rest are in the Kalamata hospital, where they are receiving medical care.
As the nurse of the regional department of the Hellenic Red Cross of Kalamata told the Athenian-Macedonian News Agency, Ekaterini Tsatathe night went smoothly, while some people who were hospitalized at the Kalamata Hospital have already returned.
“During the night they were exhausted, they slept as soon as they were recorded, they ate, they drank their water. They slept, they woke up, they were physically and mentally exhausted. They want psychosocial support, they want people to feel safe, to feel protected. We tell them don’t worry, you are safe, we are by your side, all the agencies and we feel that they are collecting it” points out Mrs. Tsata and adds that there are already prescriptions for medication and the Red Cross is ready to execute them so that people can take the drugs their.
The problems they faced were mainly hypothermia, fainting episodes, hypoglycemic episodes and even pneumonia.
As reported from Kalamata by SKAI’s envoy, Yannis Souliotis, it was completed early in the morning the macabre procedure for transporting the bodies in a refrigerated truck to the coroner’s offices of Athens and Piraeuswhere attempts will be made to identify the victims with DNA and take photographs.
They are looking for their relatives
In the meantime, anguished are the appeals of relativessome of whom have already arrived at the Port of Kalamata, looking for people on board the fishing vessel.
THE Malek from Syria who has been living in Germany for 6 years, arrived at the port of Kalamata this morning looking for his 18-year-old brother, Mohammed. They have been talking for six days and all he knew was that he had left Syria to go to Italy.
Marios from Syria who lives in Cyprus is also looking for his nephew.
As he said, his nephew was on the fishing ship that started from Libya and wanted to reach Italy. He is not among the rescued who have arrived at the Port of Kalamata or in any hospital.
Source: Skai
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