A complaint was filed by the parents of a 2.5-year-old boy of Egyptian origin who died last Tuesday at the hospital in Padua, where he had been urgently transferred from Rovigo following cardiac arrest that occurred about an hour after the start of surgery he had undergone, scheduled for 8:00 a.m.
The Corriere del Veneto and the Gazzettino reported it.
Her parents had moved to Italy, first to Milan and then to Parma, where her father worked in an industrial slaughterhouse. The couple has four children.
The child had suffered from a right brachial plexus injury since birth, affecting his shoulder, elbow, and hand. He was undergoing treatment in Parma, but after an initial unsuccessful operation in Egypt at about six months, the family was referred to the hospital in Rovigo as a referral center for that type of surgery. The procedure was scheduled, but after about an hour, complications arose, forcing the doctors to transfer him to Padua.
The journey lasted about 40 minutes, then death.
The management of the Rovigo health authority expressed its condolences to the family and offered them dedicated psychological support.
(Unioneonline)
