A couple of days ago, the 5-month-old baby was killed by a syncytial virus, a respiratory disease that affects very young children and that in just 48 hours tore him from life. The attempts of the doctors of the Pediatric ward of the San Leonardo hospital in Castellammare di Stabia (Naples) where he was hospitalized were useless. Giuseppe, this is the name of the little boy, died today while he was being prepared to be transferred to the Santobono hospital in Naples. “He was intubated, but he couldn’t handle the intubation maneuver. He died immediately after, ”they explain from the Health Department.
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“The little patient had arrived last November 6 with severe dyspnea and severe respiratory problems – explain from the Health Department – The disease has had a rapid negative evolution and he was preparing for his transfer to the Santobono hospital, with an anesthetist as a companion. . He was intubated, but could not withstand the intubation maneuver. He died soon after ». The whole department is in shock. For days it has been welcoming very young children affected by VRS (respiratory syncytial virus) for which there is no cure, only supportive therapies.
The whole national territory is experiencing an epidemic of Vrs and the San Leonardo hospital is saturated with admissions of very young children (currently 5 patients are welcomed in the Neonatology ward.) They all have from 1 to 30 days. Giuseppe was the second child of a very young couple originally from Pimonte, Monti Lattari. He was the only one, given his age, hospitalized in Pediatrics. “The medical record was seized – add by the Health Department – and also the baby’s body will be subjected to an autopsy tomorrow morning, to follow up on an open investigation into what happened”. The department, run by the head physician Luigi Tarallo, is considered a flagship of the Napoli 3 Sud ASL. The carabinieri investigate the case.