National Transplant Organization Against Guya: Organ donation under brutal attack

Objections made by criminologist Alexis Kougias to doctor Andreas Iliadis during Roula Pispirigou’s trial prompted a reaction from the National Transplant Organisation.

The EOM asserts that “the organ donation process is cruelly compromised” and points out that Alexis Kougias lacked sufficient information and was unaware that dozens of doctors were involved in organ donation decisions and procedures.

Mr. Regarding the person of Iliadis, the EOM points out that he “enjoys the full respect and admiration of the country’s alternative medicine community, while he and the ICU staff of the Rio Hospital are treated unfairly”. Attack by baseless arguments, which manifests through misinformation and possible conspiracy”.

Full Notice of National Transplant Organization

It is with particular astonishment that we are watching today, in the wake of a much-admired investigation, of the brutal assault on the organ donation system and the medical professionals involved.

Andreas Iliadis, director of the intensive care unit at BGN. Rio Patrasin was characterized by a defense attorney as an “organ trafficker for transplants” in a foreign country.

Apparently, the lawyer Not enough information And he didn’t know dozens of doctors were involved in the decisions and processes related to organ donation.

In addition, the defense attorney did not know that organ donation is coordinated only by the Hellenic Transplantation Organization after a brain death certificate and the necessary consent of the donor’s family.

EOM, based on strict rules and protocols, provides organs for transplantation in our country or in Italy, our country maintains transnational cooperation, mainly for pediatric organ transplants, which are not carried out in Greece. Dozens of children from Greece have been transplanted in Italy with parasites from Greek or Italian donors.

EOM, as the organization responsible for the transplantation and management of every donor and donated organ in Greece, Mr. Stands by the Iliads, every doctor assumes that his medical duty does not end with a loss. Patience, but it continues in the salvation of others.

Mr. The Iliads Enjoys absolute respect and admiration Both the country’s alternative medicine community and the families of the organ-donated children, the doctor who provided the clinic for the loss of their child.

Today, Mr. Iliadis and Rio ICU staff, as well as the idea of ​​organ donation, They are constantly bombarded with baseless arguments It appears to have sprung from misinformation and is possible Theory of Manipulation. At a time when all society, all medicine, the press community and the country’s political class have practically supported organ donation, steps are being taken to rid our country of transplants that have deprived Greek citizens for decades. The Gift of Transplantation.

The EOM calls upon the judicial authorities to protect the organ donation organization and the prosecution witness from diversionary attacks.

Suspension of initiatives by ICU doctors to initiate donation procedures can directly cost the lives of patients.

The Bisbrigo Trial: The Couya-Iliads Dialogue

It is recalled that the defense lawyer of 34-year-old Roula Pispirigou, Alexis Kougias, said in his questions that the extremist Andreas Iliadis had links to organ trafficking.

Goya-Iliads dialogue

Al. Kugias: Are you famous for sending children’s organs for transplant?

the witness: Iliads is not a courier to transport instruments. I have dedicated my life to coordinating transplants, and I am the director of the National Transplant Agency. Now to recall. Insulting parents who donate their children’s organs. We pride ourselves on being pioneers in transplant surgery. The question is wrong.

Al. Kugias: This will be decided by the court. Do you send organs abroad for transplants, and you keep an eye on Greece because they are cheap, for the poor?

the witness: It’s in the fantasy world, it’s out of the universe.

Al. Kugias: How many times have you sent instruments? I don’t need your forgiveness.

Chairman: What excuse? Speak politely to the witness.

Al. Kugias: in the plural of I speak.

the witness: Alternative system is responsible. Parents should be informed. I have been the coordinator fourteen times since 2007, three times abroad.

Al. Kugias: What was the last one? He had an affair with Georgina.

the witness: It’s about Irini and Thomas, a boy from Grevena.

Al. Kugias: Our position is that this particular doctor was trying to talk about Malena and Iris throughout his testimony. About what happened to the six-year-old child associated with Georgina.