Doctors Detained Over Death of Giorgos Mazonakis

Two Doctors Arrested in Death of Greek Singing Star Giorgos Mazonakis

Greek police have arrested two doctors over the death of veteran singer Giorgos Mazonakis, whose fatal cardiac arrest during a private blood-plasma procedure in Athens has exposed a scandal over unlicensed medical treatment. Investigators identified the doctors as Ilias Theodoropoulos and Ioanna Gaka. Theodoropoulos, an internal medicine specialist, owns the clinic, and Gaka, also a doctor, is his wife. Mr. Theodoropoulos and Mrs. Gaka now face charges of fatal exposure, a crime carrying at ...

By ANTHEE CARASSAVA