BOSTON – The Former president of the Federation of Hellenic American Societies of New England, Miltiadis Athanasopoulos, was saved at the last minute by quintuple bypass open heart surgery.
He told The National Herald during a visit at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston that “as I was driving on Route 93 North I felt indisposed. I changed my route and went directly to Winchester Hospital, in the town of Winchester. The doctors there sensed that something very serious was going on and they sent me by ambulance to Massachusetts General Hospital, where I had comprehensive medical tests. I was told that I had a serious problem with blockages in five arteries and that I needed open heart surgery. They set the surgery for Monday, February 4.”
Athanasopoulos said that “the fact I am alive today I owe to the Greek-American doctor, George Tolis. When he saw me on Friday, February 1 he said to me ‘we can’t wait until Monday’ and he operated on me on Saturday. The quintuple bypass operation lasted six and one half hours. I didn’t feel anything. When I woke up I was asking ‘when am I going to have the surgery?’”
Athanasopoulos also said that “Dr. Tolis is not only a prominent and well known doctor, but above all he is a true and authentic human being,” and he added: “I will be forever grateful to him because he saved my life.”
HIMARE - Elected mayor of Himare Fredi Beleri, who remains jailed on remand in a Durres prison since May, said in an interview with SKAI radio on Tuesday that "the rule of law does not function in Albania".
FALMOUTH, MA – The police in Falmouth have identified the victim in an accident involving a car plunging into the ocean on February 20, NBC10 Boston reported.
PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — Rosalynn Carter received her final farewells Wednesday in the same tiny town where she and Jimmy Carter were born, forever their home base as they climbed to the White House and traveled the world for humanitarian causes.
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans are considering holding a formal vote next month to authorize the impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden as the party looks to legitimize a process that has yet to yield any direct evidence of wrongdoing by the president.
JERUSALEM (AP) — It has become an Israeli mantra throughout the latest war in Gaza: Hamas is ISIS.
ATHENS – As the 100th anniversary of her birth approaches on December 2, the tributes to Maria Callas continue – literally all over the world.
NEW YORK – Ahead of The Hellenic Initiative’s 11th Annual New York Gala on December 2, honoree Ted Leonsis, the well-known entrepreneur and philanthropist, shared his thoughts with The National Herald.
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