Dies of Covid after hours of waiting in ambulance in Sulmona



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The 80-year-old man died while awaiting the molecular test result after testing positive for coronavirus with the quick swab.







An 80-year-old native of Rome, Attilio Caranfa, and domiciled in Villalago (L’Aquila) is dead in the room of the former Sulmona emergency room after testing positive for coronavirus. The man spent the entire afternoon of Thursday, November 5, in ambulance, and part of the night in the area pretriage, until it was located in the Covid-19 area created in the hospital spaces previously dedicated to emergencies. Ansa breaks the news.

The death of the man would be closely related to the management of patients awaiting diagnosis, swabbing and hospitalization. In fact, the Sulmona hospital would not be equipped to house people suspected of being positive. Attilio Caranfa tested positive in the rapid test and is died waiting for the result of the molecular. The autopsy will clarify if the death may be related, as it seems, to Covid-19.

Health workers have threatened to take legal action and request the intervention of the Nas to unleash the investigations and controls of the spaces, defined by Ansa as “a true abusive Covid areaThat accommodates up to 10 patients without zone a Negative pressure and what is needed to treat patients with coronavirus-related symptoms.

The Carabinieri, urged by the department’s staff, could intervene to verify whether the death of the old man could be avoided with an area adequately equipped for the health emergency. Meanwhile, ainternal investigation to clarify the circumstances of death.



VIRGILIO NEWS | 06-11-2020 20:46



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