Ioanna Gaka and Ilias Theodoropoulos were taken to Korydallos Prison early Thursday morning; the two doctors who were taken into custody in connection with the death of Giorgos Mazonakis, 54, during a blood transfusion at their clinic in Kolonaki.
The operation to transfer Ioanna Gaka began shortly after 6:30 a.m. from the Kypseli Police Station, where she had been held since her remand approximately 24 hours earlier, following her lengthy statement.
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Her husband, Ilias Theodoropoulos—who is also in custody and spent the night at the Athens Police Headquarters— exited through the back door of the police headquarters on Alexandras Avenue shortly before 7 a.m. to be transferred to Korydallos Prison.
The arrest warrants were issued at noon on Wednesday, with the two defendants charged with the felony of intentional homicide with possible malice, committed by omission, following the upgrade of the initial charge from “fatal exposure”
The emergency calls, the delay by the National Ambulance Service (EKAV), and the failure to provide assistance
According to the reasoning behind the pretrial detention, the events that occurred after the singer’s condition began to deteriorate are considered particularly aggravating.
The investigating judge and prosecutor attribute to the two defendants acts and omissions linked to the loss of human life, while their response to the hemodialysis machine’s alerts was specifically examined.
According to the information included in the reasoning, the alarms signaled a serious deterioration in Mazonakis’s condition; however, the hemodialysis procedure allegedly continued.
At the same time, particular emphasis was placed on the delay in calling the National Ambulance Service (EKAV). The judicial authorities reportedly concluded that the doctors did not call an ambulance in a timely manner, without providing sufficient justification for the delay, while at the same time, according to the reasoning, they were not in a position to provide the necessary assistance to revive the singer from cardiac arrest.
The ruling also notes that the two doctors performed serious medical procedures in a facility without the required authorization and without the appropriate equipment, and without first having according to the same reasoning, having first conducted the necessary examinations of the patient.
The judicial authorities are also reported to believe that certain actions hindered the further investigation of the case and concealed evidence, a factor that was taken into account in the decision on pretrial detention.
They will challenge the pretrial detention order
It should be noted, however, that according to a statement by the attorneys for the two doctors, they are expected to challenge their pretrial detention warrant, noting that, “their clients’ procedural rights have been brutally violated.”
The statement reads as follows:
“The law firm ‘Nikos Agapinos & Associates,’ following the expected development regarding the procedural treatment of its clients, Ilias Theodoropoulos and Ioanna Gaka, as a result of the completely unjustified escalation of the charges, announces that it will immediately challenge the pretrial detention warrant before the competent Council, as it considers that its clients’ procedural rights have been grossly violated.”
Source: Protothema.gr
