Overview

• Alessandro Bologna, 60-year-old owner of B&B La Meridiana House in Villa Cassano di Monterenzio, has been declared brain dead.
• He was stung by a European hornet on Aug. 6 and suffered anaphylactic shock that led to a ten-day ICU stay at Ospedale Maggiore di Bologna.
• The declaration of brain death was announced through a friend’s social-media post and reported by il Giornale without an official hospital statement.
• The Società Italiana di Pediatria reports that over five million people in Italy are stung by hymenopterans each year and about 5% develop potentially fatal systemic allergic reactions.
• Health authorities advise calling emergency services (118) and administering auto-injectable epinephrine at the first sign of severe allergic symptoms.