Overview
- The child remains on ECMO in intensive care in grave but described as stable condition, with a brain CT today ahead of a multidisciplinary review on Monday to reassess transplant candidacy.
- Prosecutors in Naples are investigating six Monaldi staff for alleged negligent injury, and Carabinieri NAS have seized the transport container to probe whether dry ice caused thermal injury to the organ.
- Health Ministry inspectors are auditing the Bolzano and Monaldi hospitals, and prosecutors are evaluating territorial jurisdiction following an additional complaint filed in Bolzano.
- The family’s lawyer has filed an integrated complaint, requested an evidence-preservation hearing, and is pursuing alternatives such as an artificial-heart evaluation with a Milan specialist.
- Monaldi says transplant procedures are suspended pending inquiries, yet the surgeon involved in the first operation could lead any new surgery, a scenario the family’s lawyer is contesting.