The autopsy did not provide any answers regarding the bodies of the two children who died in a vehicle in Xylofagou.

Speaking on the Alpha News program, internist Dr. Panagiotis Demosthenous, when asked to comment on the possible causes of the children’s deaths, he stated that medicine is a science of precision, noting that all test results are needed to draw a conclusion.

“The Cypriot sun is brutal on the body,” he says emphatically, explaining how the body reacts to extreme temperatures.

“It gives warning signs; you can prevent sunstroke, which comes first, and then heatstroke.”

When asked what the histopathological examinations might reveal, he replies that they will show the painful death that occurred due to heatstroke.

“In other words, when our body is exposed to high temperatures, it has defenses: the heart beats faster to dissipate heat, our skin reddens, and we start breathing faster to release heat again. Gradually, however, this becomes more difficult; the body has no reserves left, especially in infants, who have smaller water reserves, and it happens more quickly in the elderly as well. Then the heart begins to fail, the kidneys stop functioning properly, and in the end, it is the brain that fails us.”

He also notes that the symptoms become more severe over time.

The doctor explains that the symptoms do not develop at exactly the same time in every person.