The doctor of “Aglaia Kyriakou” who ran first to the single room when the nurse shouted about Georgina’s fatal obstruction, testified at the Mixed Jury Court that is trying Roula Pispirigou.

Pediatrician Giannoula Kouroussi, who had also examined the second child of the Daskalaki family, Malena, described what happened before Georgina died on January 29, 2022, while also referring to the mother’s behavior.

He said, in fact, that when the child’s death was announced, the accused, after thanking them, asked if the body could be transferred to the Forensic Service of Patras or Ioannina instead of Athens.

The witness testified in court that the defendant actually asked to continue the effort to revive Georgina when the doctors, after 20 minutes of unsuccessful procedure with intubation and administration of adrenaline, stopped.

“At 2:30 I hear the nurse’s voice calling me. Outside the room was the mother and I asked her if she (Georgina) is having an episode. She shook her head and I heard a snort. I entered the ward and saw the child with her head turned to the left, her head was in mydriasis. Her mouth around the lips was blue. I had two nurses with me. I told one to drop the bed so I could start Ambu. One nurse was massaging. At some point, while he was massaging, the mother stopped me and put a device on the child’s chest to send data to Mr. Papagiannis. The ICU unit also came down and they started the adrenaline every 5 minutes. At about 10 minutes the child was intubated and at 20 minutes the head must have come out to inform the mother that he has not succeeded. There she told him that last time she returned in one hour. That’s why we continued the effort. At an hour and a half we stopped,” said the pediatrician about Georgina’s dramatic end.

As the witness said afterwards, after the child lost the battle, “I followed the chief who went to inform the mother. She thanked us for what we did for the child and asked me if the child could be transferred to Patras or Ioannina because she did not trust the Athens Forensics. I spoke to a gentleman who prepares the documents and he told me that it is not possible and that the parents should make a request to the Police Department when they declare the child’s death.”

“I was on duty the day he was served from Patras. I was informed that a child will come for further investigation in the neurological department mainly due to some episodes”, described the witness, adding that Georgina arrived around 7 in the evening and explaining: “The doctor who brought her told us a few words about the history. I saw the mother, I happened to remember her because I had also examined the first child, Malena, and I told her. The mother told me that the child had been through a lot, that she found the baby dead in the crib and that she had an emergency.”

President: What was the hospital’s duty on Saturday?

Witness: Closed.

President: You say mother asked you to speak to the cardiologists.

Witness: My mother told me to ask the cardiologists if the episodes could be from changing medications. I hadn’t had time to talk to a cardiologist until the interruption. I told her that although I don’t think it is because of this, I will contact the cardiologists.

Chairman: When you ran, the nurse said to you “come”, it is 5-6 meters away you say in your testimony, and you got there in seconds, the mother was outside the ward, how was she? Was she crying, yelling, saying “come quickly”?

Witness: Cool. He was outside the ward, watching us come. I didn’t see any reaction, crying or shouting.

President: You say the mother put the device that was sending data on her chest while you were doing CPR, did you ask her why she hadn’t put it on earlier?

Witness: No because I was continuing CPR. He touched her, I told her to get out and I continued.

Chairman: Where was the oximeter, in his hand?

Witness: Yes.

Chairman: Did it work?

Witness: Yes, it showed some signs but we don’t trust it completely.

President: Did you hear that?

Witness: Shortly after I started CPR it started to sound.

President: We were told that it has a button that you touch and it doesn’t sound?

Witness: It has a button that if you press it stops making a sound.

President: Do you remember how long it took until the step of the ICU came down?

Witness: At least 1.5-2 minutes until it goes down.

President: And at what time was the intubation done?

Witness: About 10 minutes.

Prosecutor: Do you remember where the oximeter was?

Witness: I remember, on the finger.

Prosecutor: There is information that he was on the leg.

Witness: It’s been 1.5 years, I remember it off the top of my head, I’m not entirely sure.

Prosecutor: Who notified the nurse?

Witness: The nurse told me that the mother notified her. As the mother approached, he said something to her that she did not understand. The nurse asked her if she was having an episode and she said yes and then she notified us.

The witness, referring to the mother, testified that the nurse had told her she was calm when she approached to alert. About the time immediately after she was informed of Georgina’s death, the witness said: “I didn’t see her eyes red, that she had cried. I saw her for seconds, she was walking towards the child’s room and she thanked me for what we did. Then he came twice to ask me to transfer the body. He was talking to someone on the phone, probably a medical examiner. Mr. Daskalakis also asked for it when he came. Mother told me she doesn’t trust here. I understood the Forensic Service because when they brought the child, the mother told me that it was in dispute.”