Medics tried to defrost heart for Domenico transplant with warm water

(ANSA) - ROME, FEB 26 - Medics used cold water, then tepid and then warm water to try defrost the damaged heart that was transplanted into a two-year-old boy in December who died two months later, three nurses present in the operating theatre reportedly told investigators. The case of the boy, whose name was Domenico, has caused shock and dismay throughout Italy. Investigators have opened a probe into culpable homicide and are looking into whether the heart was damaged because the refrigerate...

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