Italian toddler dies after transplant with heart 'burned by frostbite'
The donor heart was transported 800 km in direct contact with dry ice, causing frostbite damage; six medical staff face investigation, and the boy was on life support nearly two months.
- Two-Year-Old Domenico died shortly before 09:30, with Monaldi Hospital saying he suffered a sudden, irreversible worsening of his condition.
- Investigators say the donor heart was transported in direct contact with dry ice, causing severe tissue damage and arriving 'burned by frostbite' after over 800km from Bolzano to Naples.
- Medical records show the transplant occurred in late December and the child had been on life support for almost two months, while doctors warned prolonged life support might have compromised his lungs, liver and kidneys.
- Prosecutors have opened an investigation and six medics face formal probes, while Patrizia Mercolino, mother, appealed to the Pope and the family demanded medical records on Wednesday.
- Italy's Health Minister Orazio Schillaci said earlier this week that 'we must absolutely clarify what happened' while officials urged citizens not to lose faith in the Italian national health service.
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A two-year-old Italian boy died on Saturday, two months after receiving a heart transplant. The organ had been damaged by dry ice during the transplant, the BBC reports.
What did not work in the case of the child of Naples with the heart "burned"? Here's what we know
Domenico, a two-year-old child from Italy, died on Saturday at a hospital in Naples, two months after a heart transplant with a damaged carbon ice. Six doctors are investigating...
The child, suffering from severe cardiac disease, had been transplanted, expected for months, last December 23
Domenico, a two-year-old Italian boy who was in serious condition died on Saturday after having been transplanted in December with a heart that would have been damaged during his transfer. The case generated great indignation in Italy, where the authorities investigate an alleged negligence and put the magnifying glass on the performance of six doctors. “It’s over. Domenico is gone,” he told the Italian media this Saturday Patrizia Mercolino, an…
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