Clarifications regarding publications “regarding the incident of death foreigner tourist on her beach I’ll and reports of a fifty-minute delay in the arrival of the ambulance” he says ECAV with his announcement.

Specifically, the ECAV notes the following:

“Based on the official recorded data of the EKAV Thassos Sector, on June 27, 2023 at 11:45 in the morning the 166 call center received a call from the Astrida beach area of ​​Thassos, regarding an incident of drowning of a woman with no vital signs reported.

The call was immediately forwarded to the available ambulance of EKAV Thassos, whose crew at that particular time was delivering an emergency case of stroke to the Prinos Health Center. Within a few minutes the ambulance left the Prinos Health Center where it arrived at the scene of the incident at Astrida beach (provincial road network distance 35 km) in thirty two (32) minutes.

A private doctor was also at the scene of the incident, who after providing medical first aid resuscitation (CPR) confirmed the death of the unfortunate tourist.

It should be mentioned that the EKAV Sector of Thassos is one of the EKAV Sectors in the country, which, as already announced by the government, will be reinforced in the coming days with personnel from the Armed Forces.”