All the doctors in the neonatal
intensive care department at Brescia's Spedali Civili hospital
have been put under investigation after the death of a baby that
contracted a deadly bacteria in it, sources said on Monday.
The newborn died after contracting the serratia marcescens
bacteria.
Prosecutors said putting all doctors under investigation was
a formality that would make it possible for the probed
physicians to nominate a consultant for the autopsy on the body
of the baby, who was born prematurely in June.
Six other patients were also infected by the bacteria,
including the dead child's twin brother.
The neonatal intensive care department has been closed to
new arrivals so that the area can be cleansed of all possible
sources of infection.
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