Nine patients have died because of new medical equipment
Some patients have died for the last several days in hospital of the southern Italian city of Kastellanet because of malfunction in work of the equipment stimulating coronary activity, inform Ansa agency.
The hospital has got the equipment 12 days ago whereupon nine patients who underwent treatment with its help died in medical institution.
Two persons died Wednesday evening and Thursday morning. After these lethal cases the personnel of the local social organization interfered in the matter and came to a conclusion that the reason of patients` death was in malfunction of the device. According to the News agency, other seven patients have died earlier, probably, for the same reason.
Thursday evening the hospital was closed. Police conducts the further investigation.