The preliminary hearing of the procedure that sees accused 8 doctors from the Bambino Gesù hospital in the capital, accused of manslaughter for the death of a two-year-old child who would have been implanted, is scheduled for Tuesday, before the investigating judge in Rome. pacemaker in reverse.
The newspaper la Repubblica writes about the affair today.
The baby, born with a heart disease, underwent an operation in 2016 in Sicily, in Taormina, at the Mediterranean pediatric cardiology center of the Bambino Gesù hospital.
According to the accusation, the three doctors who operate him implanted the pacemaker in reverse , facing down.
An error that causes a sort of noose to the artery which, during growth, causes cardiocirculatory insufficiency.
In 2018, the child arrives in Rome, again at the Bambino Gesù, but the cardiologists who visit him, according to the accusation, do not understand the gravity of the situation and delay a series of exams.
In September two years ago the cardiologist found some problems, but fixed the CT scan only two months later, according to the reconstruction of the prosecutors.
We arrive at December 31, the conditions of the child are very serious.
He undergoes a new surgery but the doctors, according to the magistrates, wrong the procedure and two days later the child dies.
In the preliminary hearing, the judge could entrust an expert opinion to ascertain what happened and what, possibly, caused such a long chain of errors.
