We will have to wait 90 days before knowing the results of the autopsy performed today on the body of Valeria Sollai , the 62-year-old cook who died following botulism poisoning after consuming guacamole-based dishes at the Fiesta Latina last July in Monserrato.
No further information has emerged following the examination entrusted by the Cagliari Prosecutor's Office to Sassari coroner Salvatore Lorenzoni, who arrived in the Sardinian capital to perform the autopsy at the Monserrato Polyclinic , the same hospital where the victim had been hospitalized until her death between August 18th and 19th . Also present were the consultants appointed by the family, neurologist Gianluca Deiana and anesthesiologist Paola Murgia.
Valeria Sollai is the second victim of the bacteria: on August 8th , Roberta Pitzalis, 38, died at the Businco hospital, where she had arrived after being transferred from Brotzu, also suffering from botulism poisoning during the same event.
While waiting for the autopsy results, the son of the
62-year-old suspects rapidly worsening condition
the mother's health may have been caused by a hemorrhage perhaps related to intubation.
"Before that party," Aru said, "my mother was in perfect health, working, and had no physical problems. The doctors at the hospital did everything they could to save her. They took her to Brotzu for an emergency CT scan. At seven o'clock she entered the operating room, but there was nothing they could do."
"I saw her every day," adds the young man, who works as a Carabiniere in Campania but was in Sardinia on vacation. "She was sedated, but at a certain point she seemed to be improving ." Unfortunately, however, she died.
According to Maurizio Mereu, lawyer for the only suspect, Cristian Gustavo Vincenti, owner of the kiosk that sold the incriminated food, "it's still not certain whether botulism was involved . Everything is under investigation, and the results of the tests on the avocado pulp haven't been released because it will take 15 to 30 days for laboratory cultures."
(Unioneonline)