He went to the emergency room twice in the space of 48 hours because he was short of breath, but in both cases he was sent home. After another two days, however, he falls ill with the same symptoms and dies in the ambulance while being transported to hospital. The victim is a 65-year-old man from Povoletto (Udine).
To ascertain the causes of death, the wife and daughter filed a complaint and the Udine Prosecutor’s Office ordered an autopsy, investigating two cardiologists and a doctor from the local emergency room for manslaughter.
The autopsy, carried out this morning by the medical examiner Antonello Cirnelli, confirmed that death was caused by a pulmonary embolism. The further investigations, which will be completed within 90 days, will have to establish whether the pathology could have been identified in the two visits made to the hospital.
The suspects’ experts also participated in today’s examination.
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