Naples. Justice has been lost for Antonio Ambrosio, a former Neapolitan bank manager who, according to his family's lawyer, became 100% disabled after being the victim of alleged medical malpractice, as reported to the judiciary by his wife and son. "Death occurred after the injuries sustained and after much suffering caused by the therapies and surgeries necessary for survival," says lawyer Angelo Pisani, appointed first by Ambrosio and now by his heirs to represent them in the trial. The case against the alleged perpetrators is still in the preliminary investigation and forensic medical assessment phase, regarding medical malpractice. "This proceeding," Pisani emphasizes, "can only serve as a precedent to ensure that patients in hospitals are not treated like numbers and that greater care and humanity is provided." Ambrosio's ordeal began on July 31, 2015, the day he underwent surgery for a tumor, specifically a colon adenocarcinoma, at the Cardarelli hospital in Naples. “During the surgery performed laparoscopically,” says lawyer Pisani, “his left ureter and peritoneum were damaged. After 48 hours, Ambrosio ended up in emergency surgery again for another operation. He remained hospitalized for a good 48 days. Then three more days followed, respectively 45, 45 and 57 days and many other trips to the emergency room for the continuous emergencies.” In addition to the neoplasia, other pathologies were added which, according to what lawyer Pisani reports, were determined by the botched surgery: “chronic renal failure, devastating consequences resulting from septicemia, ureteral recanalization through complex surgery.” In a letter written shortly before his death, he himself explains the story: “I too had to face cancer,” reads the letter that Ambrosio gave to the lawyer Pisani so that he could make it known through the media, “but, unfortunately, on my battlefield I found no angels but only people without conscience who, after having caused me damage and new pathologies, from which I had never suffered, without any humanity and awareness, left me alone, in search of a solution that would put an end to my now 18 months of suffering.” “No compensation will ever be able to restore a father to his son and a husband to his wife,” concludes the lawyer Pisani, “who in these years have gone through the same ordeal as their family member, but at least let’s hope that this latest sacrifice and tragedy can serve to save other human lives and improve healthcare by giving due recognition to those doctors who are excellent in their professional mission.”
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