Pair probed over young woman's death during rhinoplasty

(ANSA) - ROME, NOV 13 - Two people, a father and son who are allegedly doctors, have been placed under investigation on manslaughter charges after Margaret Spada, a 22-year-old from Siracusa, died after a rhinoplasty operation on November 7, investigative sources said Wednesday.
    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.
    The State attorney's office has ordered an autopsy which will be performed at the department of pathology of the Tor Vergata hospital in Rome.
    Spada's family later 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).