“He is very well, outside the unit, he communicates with everyone and he can not believe that it has happened,” he said. Director of the Papanikolaou Pulmonary Clinic, Stavros Tryfon for the 3rd burn victim from the big fire which occurred yesterday at the Covid clinic of the hospital.
As Mr. Tryfon mentioned, the only thing the patient remembers is that someone went and pulled him from the fire.
“He said thank you to everyone, except that we put out the fire and took him out, a number of people hugged him and took care of him.” he noted while adding that the patient entered the intensive care unit for a while and that all care was taken for the burns.
Earlier o Director of the Papanikolaou Pulmonary Clinic reported how it ended one of the injured from the large fire.
The death toll now stands at two.
“The patient was intubated, he ended up this morning and this is the one from whom the fire allegedly started,” he said. on SKAI and the show “Today”The Director of the Pulmonary Clinic of the Hospital, Stavros Tryfon.
He stressed that, according to what the patient himself managed to convey to him, the fire started when the mobile phone he was holding in his hands exploded.
He clarified, however, that this is the version of the patients, while the exact causes of the fire remain to be confirmed by the fire brigade.
The announcement of the Fire Brigade for the fire in “Papanikolaou”
“During the extinguishing of the fire, the body of a man was found, while two (2) more men were found with severe burns. “35 people were transported to a safe place,” the fire service said in a statement A fire that broke out yesterday morning at the Papanikolaou hospital and claimed the life of a man.
The announcement in detail:
For a fire that broke out in a hospital ward of the 2nd floor of the 2nd Pulmonary Clinic of the General Hospital of Athens. “G. PAPANIKOLAOU”, in the municipality of Pylaia Chortiatis, Thessaloniki, our service was notified, during the morning hours today.
During the extinguishing of the fire, the body of a man was found, while two (2) more men were found with severe burns. 35 people were transported to a safe place.
Thirty firefighters with 11 vehicles took part in the firefighting work, while the fire caused serious material damage.
For the above incident, a preliminary investigation is carried out by the competent investigative department.
Side for fire
The immediate reaction of the medical staff, which was crucial to avoid the worst, was mentioned in his statements from the Papanikolaou hospital. Minister of Health Thanos Plevrisadding that work to repair its damage fire caused in the morningwill start immediately and the operation of the hospital will not be affected at its base.
“From the first moment, Mr. Kalafatis arrived at the hospital and we arrived at the hospital as soon as we were informed. All the necessary actions were taken. There is a great danger in an area with oxygen where there is ignition. The staff, the doctors and the nurses who were there worked instantly. Mr. Tryfon immediately provided care to the people who were inside the ward and with his own contribution the worst was averted. “All the patients who were on oxygen, due to the fact that they are patients with coronavirus, made a huge effort to have immediate care and their treatment has been completely restored.”Mr. Plevris initially stressed and added about the causes: “Everything we say at the moment is not correct, in the sense that there will be the conclusion of the Fire Department.”
“From there on, on this floor, all the work will be done so that it is immediately operational. The operation of the hospital is not fundamentally affected. “There is immediate support from” 424 “, which we contacted the Ministry of National Defense and other clinics, so the non covid incidents are not affected and the pressure on the covid incidents will be restored immediately.”he stated.
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