Man with coronavirus disconnects ventilator from another patient because noise irritated him and causes his death

A patient from coronavirus Covid-19 He was allegedly murdered this Thursday in a hospital in Athens, Gracia, by his roommate, who is suspected of having disconnected the equipment that kept him breathing because their noise bothered him.

The 76-year-old man was found dead this morning by health personnel at the hospital, which is dedicated exclusively to treating patients from coronavirus. They confirmed the death and called the police when they recognized signs of sabotage in the cables that had kept him alive until then.

The police arrested the man, a 60-year-old Albanian who was admitted to the same room as the deceased, whose fingerprints, he claims, have been found on the machines.

Although he has not confessed to the crime, the police consider as the main motive that the noise produced by the machines irritated the 60-year-old man and led him to disconnect them and, with that, kill the patient with whom he shared a room.

According to local media, the man also has a criminal record for physical assaults and was involved in a case of sexual harassment of minors in 2019.

On Greece There are currently 776 patients on ventilators, a pandemic record of coronavirus.

The pressure on hospitals has only increased in the last month, especially in the ICUs of the country’s capital, where this latest big wave of cases has not stopped hitting.

Since the pandemic began Greece has registered 288,230 cases of coronavirus and 8,680 deaths in total.