'Two doctors probed over patient's death risk new charges'

(ANSA) - ROME, NOV 14 - The position of two doctors facing manslaughter charges following the death of 22-year-old patient Margaret Spada after rhinoplasty at their medical centre in Rome could worsen as a probe into the procedures used before and during surgery continues, investigative sources said Thursday.
    An autopsy on Spada's body will be performed on Friday at the Tor Vergata Hospital in the Italian capital to determine the cause of death and whether doctors followed all procedures and guidelines for this type of surgery.
    The State attorney's office in Rome also wants to determine whether the health clinic was appropriately equipped.
    The father and son were placed under investigation after Spada, a 22-year-old from Siracusa, died on November 7 following the operation.
    The pair are the owners of the medical centre in Rome where the young woman fell sick right after being administered local anaesthesia.
    Spada died four days later at the San Eugenio Hospital where she had been taken in critical condition.
    Police did not find any document or medical chart regarding the surgery at the private clinic, which did not have any nameplate or sign outside, investigative sources said.
    Spada had reportedly found the centre through an ad on social media.
    Her family on Wednesday said through their lawyer that they wanted to know why she died.
    "The family, the parents, the sister at this moment are surrounded by the affection of many people and are locked in a silence of pain that cannot be explained in words.
    "They ask to know the circumstances and causes of their daughter's death", said the lawyer, Alessandro Vinci.
    "The parents knew where their daughter had gone to have the surgery and Margaret had entrusted herself to an Italian surgeon, she did not follow fashions or trends that are often followed in Eastern or North African countries.
    "That facility should have given guarantees but it will be up to the investigation to ascertain this", he added. (ANSA).