Overview

• Francesca Ariazzi suffered a cardiac arrest on July 19 at Ibiza port after disembarking from a Formentera ferry and died five days later in intensive care at Can Misses Hospital.
• Media reports claim her transfer from port to hospital took about 40 minutes, a timeframe Balearic health services dispute by citing a 13-minute initial ambulance response and a four-minute arrival of an advanced unit.
• Local authorities say emergency crews followed protocols for convulsions and cardiac arrest, though family and witnesses suggest summer tourist season strains may have delayed the response.
• Officials have not ruled out opening a formal inquiry into the emergency response after diverging accounts of ambulance timings emerged.
• Italian diplomats led by Ambassador Giuseppe Buccino Grimaldi and Consul General Gabriele Luca Fava are overseeing her cremation in Ibiza and coordinating the repatriation of her ashes to Italy.