The defendant described the events that unfolded while her daughter, Malena, passed away in the hospital room
Minute by minute described the Roula Pispirigou The events that unfolded During the dramatic time her daughter, Malena, passed away in the hospital room, as she experienced them.
“I blame myself that I did not shout, that I did not ran faster,” the defendant said during her apology about her reaction, which she attributed to the shock she suffered when, in March 2019, she faced seriously with the serious condition of her child.
“Do you think you have a share of responsibility for the result?” It was the president’s question, with the defendant answering: “I do not think I have a share of responsibility for Malena’s death. Based on what I have heard here, no one said that with a CPR would be saved or that time was lost. “
Shortly afterwards, Roula Pispirigu, crying, broke out: “Another thing to be a bad reaction of a mother, to condemn this thing … I am tormented by it … I pass the image of my children’s death … It’s torture … but not for homicide, not for murder … I delayed …”.
“I don’t want to lie, I want the truth”
Roula Pispirigou was called upon to recall in her memory, in every detail, at the fateful noon. She was crying many times during her description, and in many cases questioned doctors and nurses’ reports on divergences in her times and reactions.
“Let them decide why they have a dimension, they have a selective memory. I say events … The years are too many and times are all approximate. I hadn’t noted them somewhere … ”he said. Obviously charged, she started talking about Malena and how she was sleeping at noon at noon.
“The kid was sleeping and I was stuck on my cellphone and suddenly the pump hit, this beep beep. I see the child » She said and, after a long pause, she continued, saying that the child was looking at her. “I want to describe as best I can to avoid ambiguities. He is lying down and making a move as if he was shaking, “he said crying and showing in court what he meant.
The defendant, who received “rain” questions about the child’s attitude, explained that the little one was shaken and made a sound.
Chairman: What sound?
Accused: As a bronchus … I thought she wanted to say mom.
Chairman: That’s why?
Accused: So I understood, that’s what I have in my mind.
Chairman: I’m trying to figure it out.
Accused: The whole trunk turned around.
Chairman: I want step by step to be recorded to see the last moments.
Accused: It may be a given for me.
Chairman: It’s not for us.
Accused: The trunk and head turned, he was half -open eyes and made a noise and fell back.
Chairman: And; Does he close his eyes?
Accused: No (crying). There I caught her, I said loudly, “Malena, Malena.”
“How loud?” The president asked, with Roula Pispirigou answering, “Loud, it seemed to me that something was … I shouted her name. I touched her, shook her, shook her from the shoulders. I was shouting at her: “Malena, Malena …”.
The president asked her to calm down to continue her description.
Immediately afterwards, the defendant talked about her wandering in the corridors of the Hospital’s floor, during which, he said, she opened doors without being able to find a doctor or nurse. The president identified a gap of about 25 minutes in the descriptions, with the defendant reporting that she was “eternity” and that they had been “5-10 minutes”.
“Practically not the case” was the president’s comment.
Chairman: Have you lost three children and haven’t put down the times?
Accused: I have put them on, my hours go out.
Chairman: Tell us too, because they don’t come out. The 5-10 minutes lost should you tell me.
Accused: Why were they lost by me? Why do you take it for granted?
Chairman: I don’t think nothing.
Accused: My 5 minutes lost or their own?
Chairman: Where do you attribute responsibilities? Who’s to blame?
Defendant: Time was lost in the phones … I believe they did (doctors, nurses) their duties but with a lightness, not with the fast one we needed. Maybe the mistake was made with information about convulsions and there was time. I do not know if the incident was wrong, if the ICU was late. Everything had to be done faster than them but also by me.
The defendant described that when he was anxiously looking for the doctors “everything was closed and locked … I was in the lost”, he said, and added that he returned, but passing outside the child’s room, he did not come in to see what she was in. When he finally found the doctor, he was vegetable.
The president then asked her if she had a share of responsibility. The accused, after many questions, replied: ‘Of course I have … but where did I know it would end up? “
Reportage: Maria Zacharopoulou
