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Doctors transplanted a damaged heart, two-year-old child dies after surgery in Italy. Police launch investigation

2026-02-22 07:56:36Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

Doctors transplanted a damaged heart, two-year-old child dies after surgery in

A serious incident shook Italy on Saturday, where a two-year-old child died after doctors transplanted a damaged heart.

The family's lawyer, Francesco Petruzzi, confirmed that the toddler died on Saturday morning at the Monaldi Hospital in Naples, where he had been kept on life support for almost two months, following a heart transplant.

The Monaldi Hospital, where he was being treated, said he had suffered a "sudden and irreversible deterioration of his clinical condition."

The heart that was given to the little boy named Domenico in late December was reportedly transported to the hospital in direct contact with dry ice, causing severe tissue damage.

Prosecutors have opened an investigation into the incident and six doctors have been placed under formal investigation in a case that has sparked outrage in Italy. Petruzzi said the organ arrived “frost-burned” after being transported more than 800km from Bolzano to Naples in an unsuitable container next to ice, without a thermometer to alert the medical team to the low temperature.

The two-year-old had been on life support in Naples for almost two months. His mother, Patrizia Mercolino, had pleaded with the Pope for help for her son.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said that "all of Italy mourns the loss of little Domenico, a fighter who will never be forgotten."

She wrote on X: “On behalf of myself and the government, I offer my most sincere condolences and deepest sympathy to his mother Patrizia, father Antonio and all his loved ones.

"I am convinced that the competent authorities will shed full light on this terrible event."

On Wednesday, a panel of pediatric specialists concluded that Domenico's condition was "not compatible" for another transplant.

Doctors had warned that prolonged use of life support machines could have compromised his lungs, liver and kidneys.

Petruzzi said at the time that the family wanted to see all relevant medical records: “If the time for hope is over, then the time for responsibility has begun.”


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