Overview
- Franco Amoroso, 60, died Monday at home after a rapid deterioration from recurrent colon cancer.
- Earlier this month he spent hours in Senigallia’s emergency department, at times lying on the floor because no beds or stretchers were available.
- He had been preparing to begin a new therapy at the regional Torrette hospital in Ancona but did not start treatment due to his worsening condition.
- The Ancona health authority’s director, Giovanni Stroppa, issued apologies and opened an internal investigation, with results postponed out of respect for the bereaved family.
- Amoroso told reporters he did not blame frontline staff for shortages, while his widow has rejected the health authority’s apologies.