The organ donation process was successfully completed at the Chania hospital, in whose ICU she fought a titanic battle to keep the 33-year-old American woman alive.

The condition of the young woman who had been seriously injured in the Preveli gorge was deemed irreversible by the doctors attending her and when they informed her relatives that she was clinically dead, they found the fortitude to donate her vital organs.

The process started immediately and the downloads were completed. In the relevant announcement of the administration of the Chania Hospital, the following are characteristically highlighted:

“Thanks to the greatness of the soul of the family of the unfortunate 33-year-old who respected her wish, given that he was an organ donor in her country and who had been seriously injured while climbing in the area of ​​Preveli N. Rethymnon and was hospitalized in the ICU of the Chania General Hospital, a “life bridge” was set up where, in cooperation and under the coordination of the Hellenic Transplantation Organization, an organ collection team from the Athens Laiko General Hospital arrived at the Chania hospital and received the liver and kidneys while the corneas will be donated to PAGNI by the Chania Hospital surgical team.

The 33-year-old was hospitalized in a critical condition with severe head and brain injuries and was fighting a great battle every day to stay alive thanks to the help and superhuman efforts of the ICU staff and the support of her family who was by her side from the first day arriving from the USA.
The Administration of the Chania General Hospital expresses its deep and sincere condolences to the family of the donor and bows to the greatness of soul and humanity The idea of ​​Organ and Tissue Donation is the highest form of voluntary giving and altruism, as well as the basic condition for the realization of the medical miracle of Transplantation.
Also, the Administration of the Hospital thanks and congratulates all those involved for the perfect organization, coordination and cooperation for the process of receiving and utilizing the transplants in compatible recipients, bridging life and death».