Giorgos Moutafis
The 1st Senior High School of Cholargos, ready to welcome pupils after lockdown
“It is my priority to protect the health of everyone coming to school. The mean age of my teachers is high and fear exists”
Ifigenia Schistou, Principal of the 1st Senior High School of Cholargos
“We were told that meticulous cleanliness is our biggest bet. It is very tedious, because we only two cleaners here and the school is big. But we'll manage”
Theodora Panteliou, Cleaning services at the 1st Senior High School of Cholargos
“This is not what I dreamt my last months as teacher in this school to be. It seems unthinkable that I won't be able to hug my pupils to say goodbye”
Mary Chotzoglou, Teacher at the 1st Senior High School of Cholargos
“I may be just a cog in the wheel, but I assure you this wheel needs all its cogs to start moving”
Panagiota Tzouanopoulou
Seamstress/ Hospital “Sotiria”
“The quarantine made us appreciate what's important in life”
Vasiliki Siozou
Pharmaceutical preparator/ Hospital “Sotiria”
“I make sure that patients’ sheets are clean and nicely ironed. I want patients to have a pleasant sleep”
Christos Pierrakos
Linen assistant/ Hospital “Sotiria”
“I return home with a sense of satisfaction for contributing to the hospital and helping other people”
Efthymios Koukouvaras
Linen assistant/ Hospital “Sotiria”
“Nothing has changed in the way I work. I continue work and go to my job everyday”
Fotis Kalfountzos, Mechanical equipment technician/ Hospital “Sotiria”
“The patient is our priority, always”
Linen assistants at the Hospital “Sotiria”
“This period, I am sewing masks. I think it is a way of offering to others”
Evangelia Diamantidou.
Seamstress/ Hospital “Sotiria”
“Now we know. We are ready for tomorrow”
Hospital staff – pharmacists
“I love keeping patients, nurses and doctors clean and ironed. It gives me joy”
AHMED ABDELNABI
Ironer / Hospital “Sotiria”
“Hospitals are not just about doctors; there's also us, cooks who heal hunger”
Myaris Theofanis
Cook / Hospital “Sotiria”
“We are not an impersonal catering. You can win a battle even with food”
Kollias Christos
Cook / Hospital “Sotiria”
“We try to cook dishes that remind them of home”
Gerasimou Maria
Head cook / Hospital “Sotiria”
“As I leave the ward, there is no fear and there is no agony; just the feeling that you have done your duty”
Michalis Moutsos, Internist
“I am neither a hero, nor do anything special; I’m simply doing my job under slightly harder conditions. That’s all”
Nikos Kakaras – Nurse
“It looks like a simple clasping of the hand, but it’s so much more. It is the moment that a COVID-19 patient is awakened from sedation. It is the moment when you know that you and your team with stand proudly before the patient and their loved ones. It is the moment that gives meaning to everything you fought for.
A COVID-19 patient is awakened from sedation (people call it “induced coma”) and holds the doctor’s hand tightly.
Kostas Pontikis, Intensive Care Specialist
“Sometimes, you know that a patient’s condition is beyond your skills to reverse it. Realistically, this means that may be you should have let go. Yet, you’re still there, fighting. Even you get no direct results, you know that the knowledge gained will be life-saving for others”
An intensive care specialist makes a last attempt to resuscitate a COVID-19 patient, who died a few hours later. He knows that this attempt has negligible chances for success, but feels that this is the least he can do for someone dying – and for himself.
Kostas Pontikis, Intensive Care Specialist
“I’m scared. Yet, you overcome fear when you stand in front of someone who needs your help”
Eleni Kakalou
NHS Doctor
“It’s another day on the front-line for me. It is a battle I have to win for you”
Vaso Chatziara
Anaesthesiologist – Intensive Care Specialist