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September 16, 2019A 84-year-old woman died following an alleged incorrect blood transfusion last Friday at the hospital in Vimercate, in the province of Monza. The plasma may have been exchanged with that of another patient. The hospital confirmed the death of the woman and immediately alerted the Monza Public Prosecutor, in parallel with the start of an internal investigation.

Minister sends inspectors
Health Minister Roberto Speranza is preparing to send inspectors from the National Blood Center to investigate the death of a woman due to a wrong transfusion in Vimercate. The experts of the Center will have to verify what happened in the control chain.