A woman of 32 years died in the hospital after hours of pain and after that the bodies of the two twins that she carried in her womb had come to light without life. It happened at the hospital “Cannizzaro” Catania and the prosecution will be calling to make things clear about what happened, even for one more element. According to the complaint already filed by the family of the victim, the doctor who was assisting the woman would have refused to intervene and put an end to the suffering of the mother and of the children as it would be declared a conscientious objector. An accusation that the vertices of the “Cannizzaro” have already rejected, excluding negligence in the conduct of the doctor.
Valentina Milluzzo, in the fifth month of pregnancy after an assisted fertilization, is admitted to the hospital of Catania, September 29, for a suspected dilatation of the uterus; the situation remains under control until the morning of October 15, when the patient is seized by a fever of 38 and a half; is treated with of paracetamol, but occur vomiting and severe pain.
“According to the story that have made me the husband and the mother of Valentina — refers to the legal, which is assisting the family, Salvatore Milluzzo — the woman remains in these conditions until three in the afternoon, when subjected to an ultrasound”.
as reported in the exposed delivered power of Attorney from the legal, the situation remains the same for other four hours when a new review highlights a state of suffering to one of the two fetuses. And here we arrive at the crucial point. “The family reported that despite Valentina screaming at the pain — explains the lawyer Milluzzo — the gynecologist does not intervene as it declares a conscientious objector. According to the family members present would have said: "Until that is live I will not intervene". Therefore, nothing is done until the heart is beating. And, in fact, the first child is made to see the mother, now devoid of life. The second exit from the womb spontaneously a few hours after, and it too has died but is not shown to the lady”.
We are now in the middle of the night between the 15th and 16th of October, are removed, also the placentae, Valentina is serious, is diagnosed with a strong sepsis (an infection) and is transferred in an intensive care unit where he died at 14. “We are not of doctors — concludes the legal — but now we ask the judiciary to determine whether there is a causal link between the behavior of the doctor objector who does not intervene and the infection that killed the mother”.
the replication of The Cannizzaro hospital is entrusted to the head of the department, professor Paul Neck, who is also the president of the Italian Society of obstetrics and gynecology. “In my department, the doctors are all conscientious objectors — confirmation-Neck — and when this is the case, they are made to intervene outside specialists. But here we are faced with a miscarriage, it was not necessary to have any outside help; therefore, we believe that there is negligence on the part of the doctor that in fact he was very promptly made an examination which revealed the presence of sepsis. All the parameters have been respected, and this is a fact similar to those that occurred in a close distance a few months ago in Turin, Bassano del Grappa and Brescia: even in that case, were suspected cases of medical malpractice, but the investigations have dispelled any suspicion.”
it also Intervenes in the regional councillor health Baldo Gucciardi: “professor Neck is an authority on the subject, but in front of a case of this kind must be made very clear: we will send the regional inspector in Catania, but I do mind that a few days ago, a similar episode took place in Trapani, it is excluded that there has been negligence on the part of the doctors”.
October 19, 2016 (amending the October 20, 2016 | 07:30)
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