“The father of Mr. Kallianos did not meet the conditions for admission to the ICU” – Makeleio.gr

“Attikon’s” response to the Kallianos case:

“Mr. Dimitrios Kallianos, 79 years old, was transferred to the Attikon University Hospital from another hospital and was admitted to the First University Vascular Surgery Clinic on 4/6/2024 due to gangrene of the left foot. The patient suffered from, inter alia, end-stage renal failure on hemodialysis, diabetes mellitus, arterial hypertension, severe coronary artery disease and heart failure (acute myocardial infarction and repeated percutaneous coronary angioplasty, atrial fibrillation, tricuspid insufficiency, defibrillator placement), pulmonary fibrosis with home oxygen therapy and genital cancer”, “Attikon” states in its announcement.

And it is pointed out: “The patient underwent successful surgical treatment of the gangrene, while his complex pre-existing problems were evaluated and treated intensively during his hospitalization by all involved specialties (cardiologists, pulmonologists, nephrologists, infectious diseases). On 4/22 the patient reported subjective deterioration, with stable vital signs and tests for his condition (good communication, good gas exchange and spontaneous breathing, stable hemodynamic picture without support), a picture that did not meet the medical criteria for admission to the ICU”.

“During 4/23, he showed signs of mild but worsening tissue hypoxia (good communication and gas exchange, but a mild increase in lactate which the previous day was completely normal), was evaluated by the ICU and it was decided to admit him to the Intensive Care Unit at 18.30. During the preparation of the transport, the patient had a convulsive episode and was intubated”, it is noted.

As the hospital reports, the patient “was transferred to the ICU where he remains intubated in a critical condition, on mechanical support of organs and systems. Covering cases requiring intensive care is a top priority of Attikon University Hospital and the National Health System. During the turbulent last five years all the intubated patients of P.G.N. “Attikon” were covered in the ICU of our hospital”.

“It is clarified that the admission of patients to every ICU of the country is done under strict conditions and criteria and after they are registered on a centrally controlled platform of the EKAB, criteria which the specific patient did not meet until 4/23. Indicatively, it is stated that according to the data of the EKAB platform, no non-intubated pathological patient was included in the platform in the last month”, the announcement emphasizes.

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“We understand the emotional burden, we sympathize with the human pain of the family and we are doing all we can for the best possible development of this serious and complex incident”, concludes the announcement of “Attikon”, signed by the hospital’s director, Spyridon Apostolopoulos.