There have been rapid developments in the case of Giorgos Mazonakis’s death, with new details coming to light regarding the circumstances under which the singer passed away inside the medical office of thedoctors, Ilias Theodoropoulos and Ioanna Gaka.
The nurses who were in the clinic at the time shed light on those hours in their testimony before the investigating judge, as well as the anesthesiologist who received a call that afternoon regarding the propofol antidote, and the paramedic who had rushed to the clinic on Karneadou Street along with her colleagues.
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The 53-year-old nurse of Ukrainian descent made some revealing statements in her testimony to the investigating judge. “The doctor (ed. note: Gaka) was very upset. She went to the doctor’s office to call him. When the doctor arrived, he was extremely agitated. It was the first time I’d seen him like that; he’s usually very composed. He was shouting that the patient wasn’t doing well and was asking us to do things,” said the witness in question, continuing: “He told us to lift Mazonakis’s legs. A nurse brought oxygen for the patient. I was careful not to rupture the vein in his right arm, because the doctor was going to administer an IV drip. When we entered the room with the nurse, Mazonakis was pale and the treatment had stopped because there was no IV in his left arm. He was unconscious. No alarm was sounding from the machine.”
Continuing, the witness told the investigator: “I did not consider the machine safe for the patient, precisely because it was a highly invasive treatment and because it lasted far too long. On a few occasions, some patients have vomited after the treatment. Some felt dizzy after the treatment.”
For her part, the 61-year-old retired nurse, in her own testimony to the investigating judge, stated the following regarding the events of that day: “It was around four o’clock. Then Ms. … and I went into the room first; we saw Mazonakis looking pale and tried to take his blood pressure. His blood circulation had stopped, and he was disconnected from the machine. The only thing left was the IV in his right hand. His initial blood pressure readings weren’t low; they were 1 over 7. We measured his blood pressure on his left arm using a portable digital blood pressure monitor that I had brought with me. The monitor was displaying readings. Immediately, Dr. … arrived and asked us to elevate his legs and administer oxygen. He also asked for a saline solution. We could see that he wasn’t responding to any of this. He had lost consciousness. His blood pressure had dropped. Eventually, the blood pressure monitor stopped registering a reading. We saw that his condition had deteriorated significantly. When the doctor saw that we couldn’t measure his blood pressure and that his heart rhythm was irregular, he began chest compressions. I believe CPR is indicated in cases with these symptoms. From the time we all entered the treatment room until the doctor started CPR, five to ten minutes at most had passed. Ms. … went and fetched the defibrillator in the meantime and asked … to call the anesthesiologist, whose name is … She told … to ask her what the antidote for propofol is.”
The anesthesiologist’s testimony: Propofol is an anesthetic drug—a hypnotic
However, the testimony given to the investigator by the anesthesiologist—who had been contacted by phone by the 56-year-old nurse regarding the antidote for propofol—is also particularly significant. “On Wednesday, September 9, 2026, the (editor’s note: nurse) called me. I recognized her by her voice; she asked me if propofol has an antidote, and I replied immediately that no, it doesn’t, and she hung up on me. I didn’t ask her anything; I didn’t detect any concern or anxiety, I didn’t hear any commotion, we didn’t speak again after that, and it never even crossed my mind why she might have asked me,” the witness reportedly told the investigator, and at another point in her testimony she stated: “No one from that clinic has called me again to ask me about any anesthetic substance; I had the impression that there might be an anesthesiologist at the clinic; neither the doctor nor anyone else from the clinic had ever mentioned to me that propofol was being used.”
The doctor claimed that she did not associate that particular phone call with Giorgos Mazonakis, as she had not been immediately informed about what had happened to the singer. “When the issue gained widespread attention, that’s when I connected the nurse’s phone call to the incident. I didn’t know which doctor was 56 years old, nor did I know her husband; I never asked because I was referred by colleagues. I don’t recall any patient ever expressing concern to me during venipuncture about the administration of the treatment. “I don’t know why they called me from the clinic to ask me about propofol, even though it had been about three to four months since we last spoke,” the witness stated.
Furthermore, in her testimony, the anesthesiologist reportedly stated that propofol is “an anesthetic—a sedative,” which is used in a hospital setting during surgeries, though she did not know whether it could be dispensed through a pharmacy. She reportedly had an occasional working relationship with Karneadou’s clinic, performing venipunctures on patients for a fee of approximately 150–200 euros, with the last such collaboration having taken place 4–5 months ago. In fact, regarding the plasmapheresis machine, the witness in question reportedly testified that she had never seen a patient connected to the machine and that she only performed the venipuncture and then left.
“No one asked us to come with them”
The testimony of the paramedic who rushed to the Karnadou clinic is also revealing. The witness states that no one from the clinic asked her or her colleagues to come along with them—that is, to accompany the singer to the hospital. “I asked the doctor what had happened and if there was a medical history, why the patient had come to the clinic, if he was taking any medications in general, and if he had been prescribed any specific medications earlier, and the doctor replied that he didn’t know and that his doctor would tell us. He never told me who the doctor was,” the witness told the investigator, and continued: “There was a woman there, but I don’t know if she was the doctor or a nurse. I asked the doctor what his specialty was, and he told me he was an internist. I didn’t speak to anyone else besides the doctor, as far as I can remember. No one from the clinic asked to come with us, nor did we ask.”
Source: Protothema.gr
