For nine years
Elsa
(invented name) was a ghost, completely neglected by her parents, occasionally fed by her brothers with milk and biscuits, and never assisted despite the signs of broken
fractures
in her
arms
and
legs
- perhaps the result of violence yet to be ascertained - a
deformed spine
, because he probably never slept in a real bed.
For a few days, however (the media has been dealing with her story), the child, coming from a municipality in the Neapolitan hinterland, has been
taken away from her parents by the social services
that have entrusted her to the association "
La Casa di Matteo
", and his life has changed.
At his side he has expert educators and nurses, and is thus starting to behave a bit like all children.
"You are beginning to interact with others - explains
Marco Caramanna
, president of the association - to smile, to look around, to sleep and eat.
All of this may seem normal, but after what he's been through, it's a win instead.
Every day we discover something new about Elsa.
There are, unfortunately, many events like hers, and like this case they are not reported.
There are certainly responsibilities in the network that should protect minors, from school to the health service, since no one in nine years has ever noticed anything, at least until a few days ago, when the social services received a report on the situation of Elsa and the path that brought her to us has been set in motion ".