Police find insufficient evidence for charges over patient treatment complaint
Police and the legal service found insufficient evidence to pursue a criminal case over a patient who developed serious complications after treatment.
Nicosia, Cyprus. Police said on Friday that there was insufficient evidence to bring criminal charges over a complaint involving a patient who required hospital treatment after developing serious complications following a medical procedure.
The case file was reviewed by police and later forwarded to the legal service, which also found insufficient grounds to establish a criminal case.
Police and legal review
Police confirmed they received a letter from the health ministry in November 2023 concerning a patient who required treatment after developing serious complications.
“The study of the case did not yield sufficient evidence to establish criminal offences,” police said.
The file was subsequently sent to the legal service, which reached the same conclusion.
Allegations over treatment
The complaint followed allegations by cardiothoracic surgeon and American Medical Centre co-founder Marinos Sotiriou.
Sotiriou said a patient was admitted to the centre’s intensive care unit with extensive thrombosis after undergoing plasmapheresis at an unlicensed centre in Larnaca.
Thrombosis occurs when blood clots form inside blood vessels and obstruct normal circulation.
Procedure
Plasmapheresis involves removing blood from a patient, separating the plasma and replacing it before returning the blood to the body.
Doctors use the procedure for a limited number of conditions in which plasma carries harmful antibodies or other substances. It is subject to strict medical protocols and carries risks, although Sotiriou said the treatment itself was not the issue.
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