AQR code with essential information on private medical practices and their authorised services will soon be available to citizens in Lazio, the governor of the central Italian region said after a woman died after liposuction at an unlicensed clinic this week.
"We are working, together with the Lazio Guild of Physicians, on a provision that allows, through a QR code, a clear identification of what can be done in a medical practice, with a reminder, also of the specializations of the medical staff who work in that practice.
This is so that the citizen can have knowledge", said Francesco Rocca, when questioned about the woman who died after liposuction in a private practice in Torrevecchia, on the outskirts of Rome, a clinic without authorization.
The 47-year-old Ecuadorian woman died in a Rome hospital after falling ill following the liposuction op in an unauthorised private clinic in the Italian capital at the weekend, sources said Tuesday.
The surgery, on Saturday 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.
