Giorgos Mathiopoulos, president of the EKAV (ambulance service) workers' union and vice president of the healthcare workers' federation POEDHN, addressed claims made by two doctors who treated Mazonakis at a private clinic in central Athens. According to Mathiopoulos, the only instruction paramedics received before transporting the singer was a vague statement that he had not been placed on a specific medical device, without clarification of what that statement meant. The union official's comments came in response to accusations directed at EKAV personnel by the two physicians involved in the initial treatment. The incident has raised questions about communication protocols during emergency medical interventions in private healthcare settings.