The General Staff of the Army proceeded with the reformation of the leadership of the military hospitals. In particular, Apostolos Michaelidis, commander of the 424th Military Hospital of Thessaloniki, the commander of the 401st Military Hospital Konstantinos Liaskonis, the commander of the Military Corps Officers School (SSAS) Georgios Gouvas and Charalambos are leaving Christofyllakis, head of the Military Health Commission of the GES.

At the same time, the director of the GEN Health Directorate, Rear Admiral Antonios Papageorgiou, and the director of the Health Directorate of the General Air Staff (GEA), Panagiotis Kostopoulos, also left.

As reported by the General Staff of National Defense, the emergency decisions by the Council of Chiefs of General Staff (SGAE) for the purpose of reorganizing the military hospitals, as requested earlier by the Minister of National Defense, Nikos Dendias, from the head of the General Staff, General Dimitrios Houpis, have been completed.

More specifically, the SAGE during the 29th Session 2024, ruled as follows:

1. In the Land Army

“Successfully ending their careers”, the:

​(a)​Lieutenant General (YI) Kassimo Dimitrios (Director of GEETHA/DIG)
​(b)​Lieutenant General (YI) Liaskoni Konstantinos (Director/Commander of 401 GSN Athens)
​(c)​Lieutenant General (YI) Kafantoia Alcibiadis (Director of GES/DIG)
​(d)​Lieutenant General (YI) Guva Georgios (Director of SSAS)

2. In the Navy

​”Successfully ending his career” Rear Admiral (YI) Papageorgiou Antonio PN (Director of GEN/DYG)

3. In the Air Force

​”Successfully ending his career” Lieutenant General (YI) Kostopoulos Panagiotis (Director of GEA/DIG)

At the same time, the SAGE during the 30th Session 2024, decided as follows:

1. In the Navy

​Promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral to fill a vacant position, Chief Captain (YI) Moraitis Sotirios PN.

2. In the Air Force

​a.​Promoted Brigadier General (YI) Siafaka Konstantinos to the rank of Vice-Captain to fill a vacant position

At the same time, the Army General Stafffollowing a decision of the Supreme Military Council, also announced the following emergency lists of Brigadier Generals of Health for the year 2024:

a. Proakteou by election of Brigadier General of Medical Doctors Dimitrakopoulos
Georgiou Dimitriou AM:47048.

b. Successfully ending the career of the Brigadier Generals of Health
Doctors:

(1) Michaelis Apostolou of John AM:46595 (Director/Commander 424 GSNE Thessaloniki)
(2) Christofyllakis Charalampou of Konstantinos AM:47047 (Director of the Supreme Army Health Commission (HSHC))

Colonel (TTH) Georgios Kolonias
GES Press Representative

b. “Successfully ending his career” their:

(1) Brigadier General Dimitrios Vougiouklakis (Chairman of the Supreme Aviation Health Committee (SHA))

(2) Brigadier General Skoufaras Vasilios (Commander of Aviation Medical Center (AMI))

What came before

The minister’s action follows the complaints of patients or the families of the victims about medical errors at the 424 Military Hospital of Thessaloniki, as well as the letters of doctors who spoke of the hospital’s understaffing.

It is recalled that the case began with a police officer, who was informed a year later of his cancer diagnosis.

In particular, the case of the 424 Military Hospital arose after the complaint of a police officer, who, while undergoing a simple operation for appendicitis, was informed with a delay of one year about the diagnosis of cancer. Today, he is fighting for his life and is requesting that a retired colonel be called as a witness in order to contribute to the ongoing criminal proceedings.

This was followed by the case of a 50-year-old woman who lost her voice. This woman is one of the two new cases revealed by ANT1. These are two more cases of women who underwent surgery at the same hospital, by the same doctor, and suffered serious health complications.