According to the information, Apostolos Vesyropoulos, the former Deputy Minister of Finance and current Secretary of the New Democracy Parliamentary Group, was at Akti Kalogria, in Sithonia, Halkidiki when he felt unwell. He collapsed and the EKAB was called.

Rescuers and EKAB doctors rushed to the scene. He was given CPR and initially transferred to the Agios Nikolaos Health Center in Halkidiki, while after his condition was stabilized he will be transferred to Papageorgiou Hospital in Thessaloniki, due to the seriousness of his condition.

Apostolos Vesyropoulos was in Veria on August 15 and went to Halkidiki for a few days of rest.

He had no history of cardiovascular disease and is a non-smoker.