Two pigeons were seen selecting food from the patient's tray In the state hospital in Athens. It is unclear that the patient of the vascular surgery clinic, the Red Cross hospital in Athens, a joint meal or not, enjoyed.
The picture was published in the media by a clinic doctor, who also officially complained about Ministry of Health. The situation is such that the doctor announced the incident when the doves were inside the hospital and even ate the patient’s food.
Pigeons peck the patient's food in the Athenian Hospital pic.twitter.com/wmwy7Siujm
– Athens News (@russianathens) April 28, 2025
“Our patients deserve dignity and safety”– the doctor emphasized Apostolos Antopuloswho also announced the media incident. He explained in an interview ANT1 TVthat this is a frequent phenomenon when the doves roam around and eat from the trays of patients.
The leadership of the Ministry of Health was informed, and we are waiting for their reaction, he added, noting: “They called me to find out what I know, and the incident is in the investigation.”
Daily publication Ethnos.gr described this phenomenon as “Third world conditions in state hospitals in Greece”.
PS For those who are touched by birds, I want to add that the city pigeons have the nickname “flying rats” due to the fact that these feathered are the varieties of many pathogenic microbes, viruses and masses of parasites, from fleas to worms.
For surgery customers, a shock dose of pathogens, which can be obtained from pigeons, can become fatal, and doctors understand this perfectly.
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