(ANSA) - ROME, FEB 16 - "Today we mourn the death of Professor Giuseppe Basso, historical director of the pediatric ioncohematology clinic in Padua, an absolute excellence in the medical profession. For Giuseppe Basso, scientific research and clinical practice were a humanitarian mission at the service of the most vulnerable , a personal fight alongside his patients. With his smile, with his irony, he was able to accompany even the most difficult phases of the disease to the very young people who found hope in him.
I want to combine my ideal embrace with that of many children, now adults, who thanks to him have overcome the most difficult test, the one for life, and who will always remember him with affection and gratitude ". This was declared by the President of the Senate Elisabetta Casellati. (HANDLE).