It could have been the Packaged salmon to cause the Death of a 72 -year -old woman in Ragusabut obviously all the investigations of the case will be needed to establish with certainty the causes of death.
According to what emerged so far, the woman had purchased salmon in a well -known city supermarket and then consume it at home on the evening of Saturday or Sunday. A few minutes later, he would have started to accuse worrying pains and symptoms, which would immediately suspect a possible food poisoning.
The family members, alarmed by the speed with which the symptoms occurred, immediately brought the woman to the emergency room of the Giovanni Paolo II hospital in Ragusa. Here, the doctors found A serious clinical situation, so as to decide for immediate hospitalization in intensive care.
But what could have happened? It is assumed that a pathogen bacterium may have contaminated the foodperhaps due to an interruption of the cold chain, but these are hypotheses that can only be confirmed by laboratory exams.
Despite the care and hospitalization in resuscitation, the woman unfortunately did not make it. Immediately after the death, the prosecutor of Ragusa ordered the seizure of the body to carry out the autopsy, in an attempt to ascertain whether the packaged salmon really may have had a decisive role.
In the meantime, The Nas carabinieri raised the lots of the product In the fresh fish sector of the same supermarket where the woman bought the offending food. Investigations would also be underway along the entire distribution and conservation supply chain, to identify any responsibilities and, above all, to avoid risks for other consumers who may have purchased the same lot.
The victim’s family members have already filed a complaint and asked that full light on the incident be made. According to what reported, the woman was in good health and did not suffer from previous pathologies such as to explain such a sudden death.
However, all hypotheses remain open: it may have been an isolated case of bacterial contamination or a wider interruption of the cold chain that would have put other products at risk. The judicial authority has ordered further analyzes on the salmon samples seized to verify the presence of any pathogens.
It will therefore be the autopsy, together with the laboratory tests, a Establish whether there is a cause-effect link between the consumption of salmon and the death of the woman.
At the moment no official recall of the product has been released by the manufacturer, but the investigation could lead, in the next few hours, to further seizures and checks also on a regional scale.
