Naples Hospital Compensates Family After Boy's Post-Transplant Death

Naples hospital compensates family of boy who died after damaged-heart transplant

(ANSA) - ROME, AUG 5 - The authority that runs the Monaldi hospital in Naples has reached an agreement with the family of Domenico Caliendo, a two-year-old boy who died in February after having a damaged heart transplanted into him in December at the hospital, for compensation to settle the civil case, the family's lawyer said on Wednesday. "We are fully satisfied and so is his mother, Patrizia," said the lawyer, Francesco Petruzzi. "Monaldi has awarded us compensation and, above all, spared ...

By ANSA