Prosecutor investigation into fake doctor in Thessaloniki – "I lost my wife to cancer"
A preliminary investigation has been ordered by the Thessaloniki Court of First Instance Prosecutor's Office following reports of a "fake doctor" from North Macedonia. The family paid approximately €100,000 for alternative treatments.
Thessaloniki: Prosecutor moves following reports of "fake doctor" and alternative treatments for cancer patient
A preliminary investigation has been ordered by the Thessaloniki Court of First Instance Prosecutor's Office, following public allegations made by Konstantinos Konstantinidis, chairman of the Andrology Institute of Athens. According to Newsit.gr, he spoke openly about the death of his wife, who had battled ovarian cancer for years.
Konstantinidis spoke on the "Koinonia Ora MEGA" programme and described how his wife turned to so-called alternative treatments. According to his allegations, she contacted a medical centre based in North Macedonia, which is said to have maintained a branch in Florina and a small clinic in Thessaloniki.
The family paid a total of approximately €100,000, while the woman underwent treatments such as "plasmapheresis". According to Konstantinidis's claims, she had been promised even changes to the DNA and RNA of cells using heat devices.
He also spoke of a wider network that, according to his claims, extended from Thessaloniki to Vienna and Malta. In Malta, special mushroom tablets are said to have been distributed, which were claimed to be able to affect mood.
Konstantinidis alleged that his wife was removed from conventional medicine. Two months later, as he described, she died amid metastases and severe pain.
At that time he had not filed a complaint with the authorities. He explained that his wife did not wish for legal action, while his lawyer had also discouraged him. "He told me not to get involved because I would get into trouble," he said characteristically.
The aim of the preliminary investigation is to establish whether the alleged practices constitute criminal offences—either as felonies or as misdemeanours. The public statements made by the chairman of the Andrology Institute of Athens are now under the Prosecutor's scrutiny.
Source: Newsit.gr