The Minister of Health, Orazio Schillaci, intends to implement "all the necessary measures to guarantee full safety of pregnant women and children. Just as he is committed to promoting any intervention useful for ensuring adequate working conditions for midwives and health personnel assigned to departments of obstetrics and gynecology".
Thus in a note the Ministry of Health regarding the newborn who died in Rome at the Pertini hospital.
Schillaci "is following the case with the utmost attention" and expresses "all his closeness to his mother in such a difficult and painful moment".
The ministry then recalls that "it immediately asked for a detailed report from the Lazio Region to clarify the dynamics and verify compliance with the protocols and procedures envisaged".
What happened at the Pertini hospital, the note continues, "has brought out problems that have concerned, and may concern, many other women and the minister intends to address them by implementing all the necessary measures".