“We would like to point out that the infant was never subjected to surgery to remove adenoids the week before his death or any other type of operation”
Published: 09 May 2024 12:50
After the terrible news of the disappearance of a 7-month-old baby in Magenta due to an illness, the Milan West Asst wanted to clarify what happened.
Death of a 7-month-old baby: clarification from the Milan West Asst
With regard to the articles published on 8 May 2024 in the press, regarding the death of a 7-month-old infant at the Fornaroli Hospital in Magenta, the sequence of events relating to the case immediately after admission to the hospital is described below hospital facility:
“We would like to point out that the infant was never subjected to surgery for the removal of adenoids the week before his death nor to any other type of operation, at the Magenta Hospital in particular, nor in other hospitals in the Asst Ovest Milanese On Monday 6 May, in the middle of the morning, the Magenta emergency department team was alerted by the dispatch from Abbiategrasso of an infant suffering from a “neurological pathology in cardiorespiratory arrest” which occurred at home and with no response to prolonged resuscitation measures accompanied by a 118 team. It is reported by the 118 healthcare staff that the child was found by his parents in an unconscious state in the cot with ineffective respiratory activity. The conditions on arrival already indicated an extremely critical situation, however they continued the resuscitation maneuvers in order to highlight possible reversible causes of the cardiac arrest, which were effectively excluded. At the end of this it was only possible to note the exitus, providing assistance to the family at this point”.
