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.
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