Woman, 85, dies falling off stretcher on ambulance ride

(ANSA) - ROME, MAR 16 - An 85-year-old woman who had just been discharged from a Sicilian hospital died after falling off her stretcher in the ambulance taking her home Saturday.
    She was discharged from the Termini Imerese hospital outside Palermo after being treated and then recovering.
    For the transport home, her relatives called in a private company, but during the transfer into the ambulance the stretcher tipped over, the 85-year-old woman fell and hit her head.
    She was immediately taken back to the emergency room, admitted but died as a result of the bleeding in her head. The family filed a complaint with the public prosecutor's office of Termini Imerese, they are assisted by lawyer Francesco Paolo Sanfilippo.
    The duty public prosecutor Concetta Federico has already ordered the seizure of the body in view of the autopsy. (ANSA).