“I felt a dark and collapsed”, during the coordination of the fire extinguishing operation that is affecting the island, the Mayor of Kythera, Efstratios Charchalakis, said.

Mr Charchalakis announced that the incident happened while in ESKEDIKI, in the presence of the political leadership of the Ministry of Citizen Protection and the Fire Brigade.

As he noted critical, there was the intervention of Deputy Minister Costas Katsafadou, who, next to him, managed to contain him before he was seriously hit. The mayor was immediately admitted to an EKAB ambulance at Evangelismos Hospital, where he undergoes a series of medical examinations and is hospitalized in the Cardiology Clinic.

“Thank you all for your phones and messages, but unfortunately I can’t answer them,” he said in his post, expressing his gratitude to medical and nursing staff, as well as to all those who were on his side at the time of the episode.

“At present, these,” he said in his post.

In detail his post:

“Thank you all for your phones and messages but unfortunately I can’t answer them. Last night, in ESCEKIK to coordinate fire extinguishing in Kythera (as I was in Athens to know Civil Protection), in the presence of the political leadership of the Ministry of Citizen Protection and the MS, I felt a dark and collapsed. Undersecretary Costas Katsafados kept me instantly next to me, otherwise I would have hit my head seriously. Immediately I was taken to EKAB Evangelism for a series of exams where I remain in the Cardiology Clinic. I would like to thank all the staff of the hospital and those present during the episode in ESCE. At present these. “