A message of life was sent by the family of a 42-year-old photographer in Crete who was injured in a car accident, through the brave decision to proceed with organ donation.
The heart was picked up by the team of the Onassis Hospital, the liver and a kidney from the Hippocratic Hospital of Thessaloniki, the other kidney from Evangelismism and the corneas from the PAGNI team, according to cretalive.gr.
42-year-old Costas was hospitalized since last Wednesday in critical condition, as he was lured by a vehicle to the contribution of the National Resistance with Papandreou in Heraklion.
According to the same information, the 42-year-old was with his son, whom he accompanied to extracurricular activity when the car accident took place.
The 42-year-old was preparing to cross the street, after leaving his son, when he was lured by a vehicle that was reportedly driven by a man without a license and security and abandoned him.
He was stationed in PAGNI where doctors found that he was brain dead. Next Sunday, relatives and friends will say the last goodbye, saying goodbye to the 42 - year - old father.
In a communication from the administration of PAGNI, it states among others:
The reception of instruments offered by a 42-year-old donor was successfully completed at the dawn of Thursday 18/06/2026. The donor was being treated in hospital ICU. The Administration of the University General Hospital (P.G.N.H.) expresses the warmest condolences to the family of this young man and thanks for her magnanimousness to offer life through organ donation to fellow people.
It also thanks the staff of the ICU, the Anesthesiological clinic, the team of the Surgery for the good cooperation and the realization of all procedures of organ donation with absolute respect to the donor and his family. As well as the surgical transplant group of Evangelism and Hippocrates for the removal of kidney and liver grafts, the Onassis for the removal of the heart and the P.G.N. Or the removal of corneas.
The general coordination took place under the auspices of the Greek Transplant Organization (EOM) and the hospital's transplant coordination team.