Margaret Spada’s tragic death sparked a malpractice investigation

Margaret Spada’s funeral will take place on Monday, November 18, in Lentine, in the former cathedral, now the Mother Church of Sant’Alfio, at 11 am. Alessandro Vinci, the lawyer for the family of the girl who died from rhinoplasty, told Ansa: “Margaret left Rome this morning to go to Lentini,” he said. “The family is bringing their beloved daughter home. The city wishes to extend its condolences to the family for the dramatic loss that has affected the community of Lentini. A warm hug that goes beyond the municipality.” Margaret Spada: Why did she die? Autopsy: “The nose operation had already begun when she became ill.” Margaret’s Funeral: Municipal Mourning in Lentini Monday, November 18, will be declared a day of urban mourning in Lentini (Syracuse). This was announced by the mayor Rosario Lo Faro, who published on social networks the mayor’s order to declare mourning in the city on the day of the girl’s funeral. “Declaration of city mourning,” says the mayor, “is a way in which the administration and the entire city intend to solemnly and tangibly express their condolences for the tragic event.” The choice is to express the “sympathy of the entire Lentini community and the feeling of sharing in the family’s grief at the untimely and tragic loss.” Self-certification: “Pre-op and post-op visits only” “This studio will only do pre-op visits and post-op exams.” It was 2009 when, in a self-certification sent to ASL and the Municipality of Rome, one of the owners of the studio in Via Cesare Pavese in Rome, Eurozone, assured that there would be no operations, only pre- and post-operation checks. But it was in that studio where, as the administrative investigations established, “it was impossible to carry out an operation”, on November 4, only 22-year-old Margaret Spada was operated on. There she became ill, as evidenced by the video recording. her boyfriend, and later died in the hospital. In the same certification, the owner provided all his scientific degrees, including a diploma in medicine in Padua and a certificate in Verona, as well as a specialization in plastic surgery obtained at the Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, added detail. in a pen The son finished his studies in Romania. A doctor told Nas Amid the sea of ​​papers stemming from the Region-ordered audits, the troubled history of the studio, which had many patients thanks to social media as well, comes to light. In 2008, the studio was closed for lack of a permit, and even then, in counterarguments, the owner argued that the studio was “never put into operation,” but added that it had the requirements to be eligible, a request to transfer the case to the archives. And he emphasizes: “Only visits are made here.” In addition, one of the owners of the studio, according to the results of administrative checks conducted in 2023, was found to be without specialization and could not perform aesthetic/plastic operations not aimed at reconstruction. According to reports, the National Academy of Sciences was informed about the ineligibility of the doctor in question, since specialization is necessary for the doctor in charge to carry out specialized outpatient activities. According to the president of the Lazio region, Francesco Rocca, the building on Viale Cesare Pavese in the Euro area also does not have permission for such an intervention. The judge approved the arrest of the center. The measure was ordered at the request of prosecutor Erminio Amelio due to the risk of “repetition”. The investigation The investigation at the prosecutor’s office in Rome will have to take into account administrative acts also in view of the hearing of two doctors, father and son, owners of the studio to which the 22-year-old boy turned. An autopsy yesterday revealed that death occurred in a “compromised general condition” resulting in cardiovascular arrest. Death, which came on November 7, after three days of agony. Now, toxicological and histological studies will help to understand what was done to the girl before and after the illness, and organ tests are aimed at finding out the presence of heart diseases and checking the presence of intolerance to substances used for anesthesia. Defibrillator As part of the investigation, Nas carabiners will conduct a new check at the medical studio next week to see if emergency tools such as a defibrillator or anaphylactic shock drugs such as cortisone were present at the time of the illness. A lawyer for one of the defendants, Domenico Oropallo, denied the allegations, saying “a defibrillator was present in the design.” No documents in the studio It is a certain fact that the investigators found no documents in the medical center, starting with the informed consent. No acts related to accounting or payments. Investigators will now have to analyze the girl’s mobile phone to recreate the arrangements made in the summer: about 2,800 euros for the operation, which should have lasted about 20 minutes. The young woman also reportedly agreed through a chat with the owner’s son, to whom she also sent an EKG via WhatsApp.