Ioanna Gaka and Elias Theodoropoulos, the two doctors who have been at the center of the judicial investigation into the death of Giorgos Mazonakis, are being taken to prison, as after their long apologies, the investigator and prosecutor decided to temporarily detain them.
The two defendants face charges of intentional homicide with possible malice committed by omission, an offense that, if convicted, carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.
After two deadlines, the two doctors appeared yesterday shortly after 14:00 PM before the investigator, having previously prepared and submitted written memoranda with their positions.
A marathon round of questions and answers followed, with the judicial officer requesting clarification on the events that unfolded during the critical period, when the well-known artist was at the clinic on Karneadou Street, in order to undergo plasmapheresis treatment.
The doctor's apology
Ioanna Gaka was the first to apologize, who from the early stages of the investigation has been at the center of the case, as she was the one who had undertaken this specific "treatment".
The accused remained in the investigator's office for approximately eight hours and in her defense she reportedly completely rejected the accusations made against her, denying that there was any illegal or fraudulent action on her part.
In particular, the doctor allegedly claimed that the events included in the case file were placed after 16:00 PM in the afternoon.
This is a critical aspect of the case, which is under the "microscope" of the authorities, as the case file includes digital data that captures the operation of the plasmapheresis machine and, among other things, the time at which the first alarm was recorded.
The investigator reportedly placed particular emphasis on the time period between the first alarm signal from the plasmapheresis machine and the call to the emergency services. On this issue, the accused allegedly insisted that the alarm on the machine did not necessarily mean a risk of cardiac arrest for the patient, as it could be another problem, in this case a problem with the veins and the intravenous catheters that had been placed in the popular artist.
Then, answering the investigator's persistent questions, the doctor reportedly claimed that she followed all protocols, the arrest took place at 16:15 and at 16:21 the EKAB was called, which, as she allegedly said, took the artist but did not have a stretcher. The result was, according to what the accused claimed, that Giorgos Mazonakis was placed in a chair to be transferred to the ambulance and that CPR was discontinued, which, had it continued, could, according to her, have saved his life.
Furthermore, the doctor rejected the accusations of fraud and emphasized that the Karneadou Street practice operated completely legally and that the machines were registered with the Athens Medical Association (ISA) for the years 2025-26.
Regarding the issue of the artist's photos found on her cell phone and sent to a hitherto unknown recipient, she reportedly claimed that photographing her patients is her regular practice. However, she maintains that the recipient of the photos was not her husband.
This was followed by the apology of her husband, who remained in the investigative office for approximately four hours. According to the information, the accused repeated his initial position, namely that he became aware of the incident after 16:00 p.m. of the same day. In support of this claim, the accused allegedly said that at 16:06 he was prescribing medicine to another patient, which had nothing to do with the plasmapheresis treatment that Giorgos Mazonakis would undergo.
According to information, the couple was supported by two defense witnesses—the office secretary and a client—who had already given testimony to the investigator since last Monday.
The two witnesses reportedly confirmed the doctor's claim, testifying that he was informed of the incident after 4 pm.
However, the above allegations made by the two defendants were not convincing, as immediately after the interrogation process, which lasted approximately 18 hours, they decided to temporarily detain them.
Sickness
Meanwhile, Mrs. Gaka felt unwell earlier outside the investigative office after completing her statement and while her accused husband was giving his statement in the investigator's office.
An ambulance arrived at the courts of the former Evelpidon school shortly after, with its crew attempting to provide her with first aid. However, the accused was reportedly in a poor psychological state and was crying and refusing medical care from the EKAB rescuers.
Source: protothema.gr
