Olbia, tourist dies after treatment in the emergency room: the investigating judge imposes complaints on the doctors
Two nurses and a specialist investigated: the Public Prosecutor's Office has asked for the dismissal twice, now instead the forced indictment
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A specialist and two nurses from the Emergency Department of Olbia investigated for the death of a Lombard tourist , the Prosecutor's Office of Tempio asks for the archiving twice, the investigating judge imposes the forced indictment. The file, therefore, will land before the investigating judge on the order of the judge of preliminary investigations . The story is that of a tourist from Como who in August 2019 entered the Emergency Department of John Paul II in Olbia for severe abdominal pain.
According to the disputes imposed by the investigating judge, a strangulated umbilical hernia was not correctly diagnosed and unsuitable drugs were administered to the patient. The intestinal obstruction was fatal for the patient . The suspects are defended by Cristina Cherchi, Giuseppe Bardini, Gian Mario Mosca and Erika Castellani. The victim's family filed a civil action and was assisted by Alessandro Borghi and Alberto Viganò.
The investigations highlight the dramatic working conditions for doctors in the Olbia emergency room and other Gallura hospitals: a few specialists who manage hundreds of accesses a day and face contextual "red codes" without the necessary tools . The investigations often concern presumed medical faults for events that took place above all in the July-August period, during the peak days of the tourist season.
