Overview
- Naples prosecutors placed six Monaldi staffers under investigation for alleged negligent injuries tied to the December 23 explant, transport and transplant sequence between Bolzano and Naples.
- Carabinieri NAS seized the organ transport box and will commission a technical appraisal to verify its functioning and temperature control during the journey.
- Investigators are assessing whether dry ice was used contrary to protocol, a hypothesis that can cause cold burns and make a heart unusable.
- The child remains in intensive care on ECMO and, according to the Health Ministry, is now first for his blood group with donor searches active in Italy and abroad.
- The family, citing delayed disclosure, is seeking an independent assessment from Bambino Gesù as Monaldi’s pediatric transplant program remains suspended.