ATHENS – Disputing earlier media reports that indicated his honeymoon turned into a nightmare when he fell seriously ill, Greek-Canadian Nikolaos Sarlakis, 33, said that it was skilled Greek doctors and surgeons who saved his life.
Sarlakis, who was transferred from the island of Santorini to Athens, spoke to The National Herald’s Aris Papadopoulos’ briefly at the Athens Naval Hospital, saying he and his wife, Stephanie, wanted to correct the record of reports in the Canadian Broadcast Corporation (CBC) story and blogs he said incorrectly dramatized what happened to him.
Doctors coming from his room in Athens said the patient was doing well and would be discharged in less than a week, far quicker than earlier reports indicated as he was recovering after an intestine ruptured from diverticulitis, which causes pouches to form on the walls of the colon.
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