A47-year-old Ecuadorian woman died in a Rome hospital after falling ill following a liposuction op in an unauthorised private clinic in the Italian capital at the weekend, sources said Tuesday.
The surgery, on Sunday afternoon, was interrupted by a complication, after which the woman was rushed to the Policlinico Umberto I Hospital where medics tried to revive her in vain.
Rome prosecutors have placed three people under investigation for negligent manslaughter and culpable homicide: a doctor, an anaesthetist and a nurse.
The clinic on the outskirts of Rome, which has been without authorisation for 13 years, has been impounded.
