Behind the news of the death of 55-year-old nurse Maria Zafiris from Nafplion hides a deep human history of pain. In the first hours following the death of the unfortunate woman, information was provided linking the fatal to an incident involving a Roma group in the hospital in Nafplio where the 55-year-old woman was on duty. However, then, according to the official findings of autopsy-death and public placements of the competent authorities, it was clarified that her death came from a heart attack.
According to information from Maria's close friendly environment, the 55-year-old had been carrying for three years the heavy burden of losing her 26-year-old daughter, a law student, who left life prematurely. People who knew the family say that the young girl was experiencing health problems associated with nervous anorexia, a difficult battle that shocked her own people.
Maria’s colleagues at the hospital today speak with the warmest words about a woman working, willing and dear. As they say, after her daughter died she continued to work tirelessly, trying through everyday life to manage the unbearable pain of loss. Work was a way for her to keep her strength alive and not be left to the thoughts that tormented her. She eagerly waited for her pension, having dedicated her entire life to work and her family.
Fate, however, reserved another hard hit. Within just three years, Maria's elderly parents were faced with two unthinkable losses, first their beloved granddaughter and then their own daughter. A tragedy that can hardly fit human logic.
Maria Zafiris leaves her husband and two children behind, as well as friends who will remember her as a female fighter.