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Judge Bans Procopio Surgeons From Practicing for One Year Over Fatal Rhinoplasty Case

The court imposed the professional interdiction after rejecting prosecutors’ request to place the elder doctor under house arrest.

Overview

  • The order bars Marco and Marco Antonio Procopio from medical practice for 12 months starting 16 October, with effect in Italy and abroad as they operate from Albania.
  • A NAS report cites a 32–36 minute gap between the patient’s collapse and the ambulance’s arrival, with no defibrillator used because the available unit’s battery was depleted.
  • Investigators say the surgery took place in an unauthorized facility, a finding supported by a multi‑specialist medico‑legal review including an anatomopathologist’s report.
  • Carabinieri reconstructed the timeline with an operating‑room photo and 112/118 call logs to pinpoint the sequence and response times.
  • Prosecutors are pursuing an involuntary manslaughter probe, and the family argues that timely emergency care would have substantially increased the young woman’s chances of survival.