One of the receptionists at the Karneadou Clinic in Kolonaki, where Giorgos Mazonakis lost his life, gives her own account of what happened. She talks about the canceled appointments, the time she saw the singer at the clinic, and the situation there at the time.
She is the secretary of the 58-year-old doctor, Ilias Theodoropoulos, and describes, minute by minute, her observations up until the moment she left the office. She confirms that she saw and greeted Giorgos Mazonakis, who, she states, had arrived at the clinic sometime between 2:00 p.m. and 2:30 p.m., while she maintains that the situation remained calm until she left, shortly after 3:18 p.m.
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Speaking to Mega, the secretary also referred to the electrophysiology machine and the test history recorded on it, explaining what personal and medical data was stored in the system and asserting that the machine was not something that could be hidden, as it was part of the clinic’s operations and there was a dedicated website showcasing it.
At the same time, she gives her own account of the final hours before the tragic event, noting that the doctor had left for lunch around 2:00 p.m., returned to the clinic shortly before 3:00 p.m., and then lay down on the main couch in the waiting room, as there were no other patients at that time. As she says, until the moment she left, the situation at the clinic was calm.
Here is what the woman said in detail
“Yes, I said hello to him. I left between 3:18 p.m. and 3:25 p.m., as I stated in my testimony, and Mazonakis had said that he arrived at the clinic between 2:00 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. I don’t remember the exact time. I had said between 2:00 and 2:30 p.m. Of course I saw him. Of course I greeted him, said “good afternoon,” and welcomed him, and after a little while, since he saw another acquaintance of his inside the clinic and they greeted each other—obviously, that person has already given his testimony. Then I left. Mrs. G… came in, and I left. Everything was quiet until the time I left. The doctor (the 58-year-old) was lying on the couch, relaxing, at 3:20 p.m.
(On Tuesday) I knew he was coming. I knew he was coming, but I don’t know if he actually came. It’s not during my shift. There are lists, but when the appointment is scheduled for the end of the day, we always crossed them off. We’ve always done that. He had come before, several years ago. I’m so very sorry that we lost him and that he “passed away.” I consider it a very unfortunate set of circumstances and bad timing.
There’s a history stored in the machine where the test is performed—the electrophysiological test. It’s the one with the two small stickers that go on your forehead, and then you rest your hands and feet on some metal plates. It’s a kind of scan, as they’ve said, and from what I’ve heard from patients who’ve come in and talked about it. The entire database is stored in there—full name, date of birth, cell phone number, height, and weight. We didn’t keep a second copy anywhere else. “Even if we needed a phone number—why would we need to look it up ourselves?—we could just look it up there,” she says, adding:
“I’ve run into a security check, yes. Of course, it just so happened that I happened to open the bag. Beyond that, I don’t know what was going on. In any case, the device was definitely not hidden under any circumstances. There was a website that was advertised from here all the way to Australia. It’s funny. It’s not like it’s some tiny little device that I can just slip into my pocket and hide.”
“Mr. M… (the patient) had an appointment at 3:30 p.m., if I recall correctly. The doctor had lain down for a bit to relax and rest before his next appointment. The man was lying on the couch with his eyes closed for a moment. I opened the door, but because the doors make that noise when the alarm goes off, he heard it, opened his eyes, I greeted him—and even whispered, “Hello, have a good day”—and left. And the man was still there. Mr. T… was lying on the couch. Until I left, Mrs. G… was still inside, and there was this kind of silence. I mean, the doctor was lying down. There was a nice atmosphere in there. What can I say?”
“It was almost 2 o’clock. I had reserved a table for him to go eat. He went and ate, just as we saw. He must have left around three, three to ten, or three. He went back to his office. I don’t know exactly what he did, but after a while he lay down to rest until his next appointment. He lay down on the main couch in the waiting room because there was no one else there at that time. The lady (…) was inside with the door closed, and it was quiet and peaceful.”
“That was indeed very strange. It may well be a routine procedure that the girls perform before closing up, before leaving, or when a patient leaves—a kind of sterilization. But whether they did it mechanically—I haven’t discussed it with them. In my own mind, I say either they did it mechanically, automatically and on the spur of the moment—when they’re overcome by absolute anxiety and confusion—or if the doctors told them to do it; I don’t know,” he concluded.
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