Greek Australian cheats death after 13 brain surgeries and is now on a mission to save others

Lefteris Mitropoulos

O Λευτέρης Μητρόπουλος με την οικογένειά του. Στην ένθετη ο ίδιος μετά από μια ακόμη εγχείρηση στον εγκέφαλο Source: Twitter/@Isk137

His faith in God, he thinks is what saved him. Greek Australian man who had been affected by brain cancer has been labelled by Doctors as a medical miracle.


Lefteris Mitropoulos believes that his faith in God has saved him.

Nine years ago, Lefteris Mitropoulos, father of two, was diagnosed with cancer in the brain. His doctors gave him a 5% chance of living.

Today, he is trying to save other people by walking the distance between Adelaide to Melbourne.


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