Overview
- Prosecutors in Naples have placed six healthcare workers from the Bolzano explant team and the Monaldi transplant team under investigation on suspicion of negligent injury.
- Carabinieri NAS units have seized clinical records as authorities prepare expert reviews on whether organ retrieval, packaging, transport by road and implantation met required protocols.
- Monaldi has halted its pediatric heart transplant pathway, suspended new candidacies and removed three transplant doctors from pediatric transplant duties on a precautionary basis.
- Reports allege dry ice was used during transport from Bolzano, potentially damaging the donor heart, while the Alto Adige health authority says preservation responsibility falls to the receiving center’s team.
- The child remains on ECMO after a hemorrhage and has been re-listed for a new heart, with the family’s lawyer urging an urgent match as inquiries proceed in both Naples and Bolzano.