<p>ATHENS, Greece — A man being treated in a Greek hospital for COVID-19 was formally placed under arrest Thursday on suspicion of murdering a fellow patient who died after being disconnected from a respirator, officials said. </p>
<p>A police statement said the suspect, who was not identified, remains under guard at the Athens hospital to continue his treatment. </p>
<p>The patient, who was 76 and had also suffered from COVID-19, died late Wednesday after doctors at the Red Cross hospital discovered that a respirator he was using had been removed and unplugged without medical authority. </p>
<p>Both men had been sharing the same ward, a police statement said.</p>
