“I usually take €5,000, but from you I’ll only take €3,000,” said cardiothoracic surgeon Lymperiadis to the woman who reported him for a bribe

On Friday, Dimitris Lymperiadis, caput of the Cardiac Surgery Clinic astatine Athens’ Hippocrates Hospital, volition basal proceedings pursuing charges brought against him by the Athens Prosecutor’s Office for the misdemeanor of bribery.

Lymperiadis was arrested red-handed connected Tuesday (9/9) with marked banknotes, aft a patient’s woman reported that he had asked her for a “fakelaki” (cash bribe).

According to the ailment filed by the patient’s woman with police, whose hubby had undergone open-heart surgery, the doc tried to reassure her by offering a “discount,” telling her: “I usually instrumentality €5,000, but from you I’ll lone instrumentality €3,000.”

When the pistillate near the doctor’s office, Internal Affairs constabulary officers instantly entered without anyone noticing and recovered the marked banknotes connected the surgeon.

According to reports, during his apprehension helium allegedly told the officers: “I didn’t inquire anyone for money. She gave it to maine arsenic a acquisition and enactment it successful my trousers.”

The aforesaid reports suggest that the cardiothoracic surgeon systematically demanded “fakelaki” bribes successful bid to supply other attraction to patients helium had operated on, with the currency successful these envelopes reaching up to €5,000. He had antecedently been convicted astatine archetypal instance for bribery and sentenced to a one-year suspended situation term, with his entreaty inactive pending.

The Tachtsopoulos Post astir Lymperiadis

Author Petros Tachtsopoulos, successful a societal media post, referred to the lawsuit of cardiothoracic surgeon Lymperiadis, recalling however successful 2019 the doc had rushed to run connected him astatine Hippocrates Hospital, efficaciously redeeming his life.

Tachtsopoulos admitted his connection was “one of the astir awkward of caller years,” but described his idiosyncratic experience, saying: “For me, helium was and remains the embodiment of implicit ‘good,’ due to the fact that without him I would person been nether the writer for the past six years.”

Closing enactment from Tachtsopoulos’ post:
“This is 1 of my astir awkward posts successful caller years, but besides 1 of the astir telling astir the uncomfortable presumption we sometimes find ourselves successful erstwhile trying to container radical into categories of ‘good’ and ‘bad.’ The antheral pictured is the 1 who virtually saved my life. Without his ‘decisions’ and his ‘initiatives,’ I would person been nether the writer for the past six years. I tried to explicit my gratitude by dedicating to him my publication ‘You Are and You Appear to Be’—published conscionable 2 months aft the life-saving operation—as good arsenic the opening chapters of my caller ‘Child of the Devil,’ wherever I picture successful item his invaluable publication to redeeming me.

For me, helium was and remains the embodiment of implicit ‘good,’ my selfless guardian angel. Could the aforesaid antheral person been systematically and ruthlessly exploiting our chap citizens astatine their astir hard moment? I bash not cognize the answer, I bash not prejudge it, and I permission it to the judgement of the Greek courts. I tin lone repeat, erstwhile again: ‘I turn aged ever learning.’”