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Athens, September 27, 2022 – True to its commitment to promoting early diagnosis of diseases, the Athens Medical Group presented innovative methods for the prevention and treatment of diabetes and its most serious complication, the diabetic foot.

The event, which was held with the participation of GE Healthcare, was attended by the CEO of the Athens Medical Group, Dr. Vassilis Apostolopoulos, Ms. Cecilia Felix, General Manager, Image Guided Therapies, EMEA, GE Healthcare, Dr. Giouli Argyrakopoulou, Specialist Pathologist, Director of the 3rd Diabetes Unit, Obesity Unit & Diabetic Pregnancy Clinic, Athens Medical Center and Dr. Theodosios Bisdas, Director of the 3rd Vascular Surgery Clinic, Athens Medical Center.

From right to left: Dr. Vasilis Apostolopoulos, CEO of Iatriko Athens Group, Ms. Cecilia Felix, General Manager, Image Guided Therapies, EMEA, GE Healthcare, Ms. Sia Kosioni, journalist, Dr. Giouli Argyrakopoulou, Specialist Pathologist, Director of the 3rd Diabetes Unit, Obesity Unit & Diabetic Pregnancy Clinic, Athens Medical Center, Dr. Theodosios Bisdas, Director of the 3rd Vascular Surgery Clinic, Athens Medical Center.

The main focus of the Press Conference was the screening of the short film, entitled “The Cut: The Secret to Saving a Limb”, produced by GE Healthcare, 2022. This film, which is a true story, concerns a man’s battle with diabetes, his relentless search for a better lifestyle and the innovative surgical technique that ultimately saved his leg.

The renowned medical scientists of the Athens Medical Center, considering the age and number of patients expected to suffer from diabetes and diabetic foot, pointed out that the country will be faced with an unbearable social and economic shock in the near future.

Athens Medical Group, recognizing the importance of the disease and remaining true to its commitment to leading developments, has invested, once again, in cutting-edge technology. The unique in Greece, new certified Robotic Hybrid Surgery Center – “PROMETHEUS”, a new generation Discovery IGS 740 by GE Healthcare, has made Athens Medical Center a reference point for the treatment of complex cardiac and vascular cases, at a pan-European level.

Snapshot of the Press Conference

With a total investment of over 2 million euros, “PROMETHEUS”, designed exclusively for the Athens Medical Center, has specific features that make it unique in its kind. Among others:

• Possibility of performing interventions with bloodless access from the patient’s vessels.
• It combines preoperative CT angiography with digital imaging (fusion technique) and helps in navigation during fluoroscopy, dramatically reducing the radiation dose, as well as the amount of contrast agent the patient receives.
• It allows CT angiography to be performed during the operation, which ensures the immediate correction of any problem before the end of the operation.

From left to right: Ms. Sia Kosioni, journalist, Dr. Vassilis Apostolopoulos, CEO of Athens Medical Group, Ms. Cecilia Felix, General Manager, Image Guided Therapies, EMEA, GE Healthcare, Dr. Giouli Argyrakopoulou, Specialist Pathologist, Director of the 3rd Diabetes Unit, Obesity Unit & Diabetic Pregnancy Clinic, Athens Medical Center, Dr. Theodosios Bisdas, Director of the 3rd Vascular Surgery Clinic, Athens Medical Center.

The CEO of Athens Medical Group Dr. Vasilis Apostolopoulos, noted the following: “It is a great pleasure for the Medical Group that the strategic partnership with the international giant GE Healthcare, which we inaugurated 3 years ago, is bearing significant fruit. It is a great honor for us that GE Healthcare has chosen the Medical Group and our partner physician, Dr. Theodosios Bisdas, brain gain ambassador, to star in the film “The Cut: The Secret to Saving a Limb”, produced by GE Healthcare 2022, which is being screened internationally.”

For more press information:

Savvas Karagiannis, Communications Manager, General Directorate of Business Development, Iatriko Athens Group

Tel.: 210 6287253, E-mail: s.karagiannis@iatriko.gr