Defence minister in serious condition

DEFENCE Minister Costas Papacostas will remain on a ventilator for the next few days and is in “a stable but serious condition” according to Gavriel Kaoutsianis, Head of Cardiology at the Nicosia General Hospital.

Kaoutsianis said yesterday: “The Defence Minister was placed on the ventilator on Thursday for better regulation of his blood pressure and to improve his lung function.”

Papacostas has been sleeping since been put on the ventilator and Kaoutsianis said: “Maybe I will  wake him up in the next few days  but I think at this stage it is best that he is left on the ventilator for the next two or three days.”

Kaoutsianis also expressed his hope and belief that that the minister would recover but stressed that his condition was still serious.

Health Minister Christos Patsalides who has been monitoring Papacostas’ condition closely said yesterday: “I am in constant contact with the physicians, I receive updates and sit in the meetings with his doctors. He is in good hands and I wish him the best.”

The Defence Minister was hospitalised on Monday in Nicosia after collapsing while talking on CyBC’s third radio programme. The minister underwent several tests since which have revealed that he has suffered an aortic aneurism.

 

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