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Homicide probe opened after damaged-heart-transplant boy dies

(ANSA) - ROME, FEB 23 - Naples prosecutors have opened an investigation into culpable homicide after a two-year-old boy who had a damaged heart transplanted into him in December died at the city's Monaldi hospital on Saturday. The case has moved the entire nation. Last week a committee of doctors from all over Italy had decided that the boy, whose name was Domenico, should not have another transplant, even though a donor organ had become available, because his condition had deteriorated too m...

23 Feb, 09:42 — 23 Feb, 09:42
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Homicide probe opened after damaged-heart-transplant boy dies

(ANSA) - ROME, FEB 23 - Naples prosecutors have opened an investigation into culpable homicide after a two-year-old boy who had a damaged heart transplanted into him in December died at the city's Monaldi hospital on Saturday. The case has moved the entire nation. Last week a committee of doctors from all over Italy had decided that the boy, whose name was Domenico, should not have another transplant, even though a donor organ had become available, because his condition had deteriorated too m...

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hotnews22 Feb, 10:38First to report

Cazul care a revoltat Italia. „Inima arsă de degerături”: Domenico, băiețelul de 2 ani care a primit o nouă inimă în decembrie, a murit

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Homicide probe opened after damaged-heart-transplant boy dies

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