Μake us preferred on Google A 22-year-old man was seriously injured after falling into an unguarded borehole at the municipal thermal springs of Samothrace, a Greek island in the northeastern Aegean, suffering burns covering 38% of his body.
The young man was initially transported to the hospital in Alexandroupolis, but due to the severity of his condition, doctors determined that he needed to be transferred to the Papageorgiou Hospital in Thessaloniki, where he is being treated in a specialized burns unit.
According to reports, the injured man was taken by friends to the Samothrace Health Center, where doctors assessed that he required immediate transfer to Alexandroupolis for further medical care.
His evacuation was carried out Tuesday morning by a Hellenic Coast Guard patrol vessel from the port of Kamariotissa.
According to Greek public broadcaster ERT, the 22-year-old was intubated and sustained first- and second-degree burns. His transfer to the burns unit at Papageorgiou Hospital was considered necessary due to the extent of his injuries
