Billionaire and CEO of Volt and Velocity, Tom Greenwood, was airlifted from the island of Mykonos to a public hospital in Athens following a serious road accident with a quad bike he was driving.
According to local media, Greenwood was driving a quad bike at noon on Tuesday, when he got involved in a serious traffic accident from which he emerged alive but with multiple fractures from the waist down.
He was immediately transferred to the Mykonos Health Center where, while doctors were treating him, he suffered a heart attack. His transfer to a bigger hospital was deemed as urgent. A medical helicopter a private insurance company arrived on the island but the medical crew declined his transfer due to the severity of his condition and the low chance of survival.
In the end, Eventually, Greece’s National Emergency Center (EKAV) arranged an air transfer by a medical aircraft to the public General Hospital in Nikaia.
In the end, the Greek National Ambulance Service EKAV arranged an airlift and a medical aircraft transferred Greenwood to Athens and to public General hospital in Nikaia.
During the flight, doctors had reportedly to repeatedly intervene to resuscitate him. He was placed on a ventilator and underwent a surgery that lasted several hours in the hospital.
On Thursday, Greenwood remains in the Intensive Care Unit with doctors continuing to monitor his condition closely.
Doctors described his health condition is described as “stable but extremely serious and critical.”
Greenwood remains in the intensive care unit, where doctors continue to monitor his condition closely. His situation is critical, and his fight for survival is ongoing.
The incident was reported on Thursday morning on Skai TV by Health Minister, Adonis Georgiadis, who did not name the victim, but made the story public in order to show to Greeks of what EKAV is capable of. He also reportedly revealed that he spoke with the patient’s son in London.
Who is Tom Greenwood?
Tom Greenwood is regarded as a leading figure in Europe’s digital banking sector. In 2019, he founded Volt, a fintech company that has quickly become a major player in real-time payments and open banking services. The firm has helped reshape how businesses and consumers handle transactions across the continent.
Quad bikes, or ATVs, are known to be as dangerous as motorcycles. Only fools with scant respect for their own lives play with these stupid machines.
As for the private insurance refusing to transport him for reasons of medical safety, this is just BS. They were afraid of the legal, pecuniary and PR cost to them if he died or was left in permanent coma. It just goes to show that even billionaires need state services: rarely can the private sector do as well. Take note, Mitsotakis and all the other neoliberals trying to run down the state services.
I must say that Prime Minister Mitsotakis’ government added hundreds of ICU Intensive Care beds to the National Health Care systems that private providers cannot provide. These private insurers look at their interests while the Greek Sensitivity of Greek doctors are committed to their Hippocratic Oath as we see. Instead of threatening to sue the Greek government I would consider publicly showing my appreciation for a state system that saved my life. To conclude, it is the devotion of Greek medical professionals that save people’s lives.