Giuseppe De Donno, the former head of pulmonology at the Carlo Poma hospital in Mantua, who was the first to start treating Covid last year with hyperimmune plasma transfusions, the controversial therapy that included the 'blood infusion of coronavirus infected patients, properly treated, in other infected patients De Donno was 54 years old and had resigned from the Mantua hospital in the first days of June to begin his new profession of general practitioner in Porto Mantovano on 5 July. The circumstances of the suicide and the discovery of the body, which allegedly took place by some relatives, are still unclear. The former primary lived in Curtatone with his wife and daughter. Many certificates of condolence from many citizens astonished by the disappearance,who remembered De Donno for having "saved many lives" with his therapy.
Covid: doctor De Donno committed suicide, started the treatment with hyperimmune plasma
2021-07-27T20:10:21.286Z
He was chief physician of pulmonology at the 'Carlo Poma' hospital in Mantua (ANSA) Giuseppe De Donno, the former head of pulmonology at the Carlo Poma hospital in Mantua, who was the first to start treating Covid last year with hyperimmune plasma transfusions, the controversial therapy that included the 'blood infusion of coronavirus infected patients, properly treated, in other infected patients De Donno was 54 years old and had resigned from the Mantua hospital in the first da