Overview
- The Corte d’Appello di Firenze ordered the Pisa university hospital (Aoup) to pay over €470,000, with some reports placing the total near €500,000 including legal costs, with interest to be added.
- Appeal judges increased the woman's permanent disability from 40% to 60% and confirmed the personalization of damages for the severe emotional burden she endured.
- From January 2007 to May 2011 the patient underwent chemotherapy, cortisone and steroids for an intestinal lymphoma later ruled nonexistent by a biopsy performed in Genoa.
- The court noted lasting injuries including hormonal imbalance, osteoporosis with fractures, depression and anxiety, immunodepression-related illnesses, and additional rare conditions.
- Aoup argued the case involved a complex clinical picture and that therapies were justified, but court-appointed experts said the treatments were unsupported by exams or symptoms.