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.
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