Founding paediatric intensive care in Greece: An interview with Dr John Papadatos, the first paediatric intensivist in Greece at the ‘P. & A. Kyriakou’ Children's Hospital
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- Published online on: February 21, 2022 https://doi.org/10.3892/wasj.2022.146
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Abstract
According to Dr John Papadatos, the first paediatric intensivist and paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) clinical director in Greece, the operation of the first Greek PICU commenced in January, 1986 and was located at the ‘P. & A. Kyriakou’ Children's Hospital in Athens, Greece. After having devoted 35 years to the PICU, he feels content with the development of paediatric intensive care in his country, Greece, where today there are six PICUs and four intermediate units under the national health system. Dr Papadatos earnestly believes that paediatric intensive care is really fascinating as intensivists deal with all branches of paediatrics, including infections, septicaemia, cancer, neurosurgery, accidents, poisoning and cardiology. Dr Papadatos values teamwork and effective communication with parents as the key factors to success in intensive care. He also believes that the PICU is an excellent school for general paediatricians, infectious diseases specialists and future paediatric virologists on paediatric viral infectious diseases.
