A 36-year-old woman from Naples says she was left infertile after a medical procedure at the Antonio Cardarelli hospital, in a case that has returned to public attention after her lawyer denounced what he called the hospital's continued silence.
According to ANSA Campania, the woman's lawyer said the hospital has denied that the event occurred, while the patient's side points to certificates and other documents issued by the same hospital in support of her account. The lawyer described the hospital's silence as intolerable.
The dispute follows an earlier ANSA report on the same case. That report said the woman became sterile after treatment following a spontaneous abortion and then pursued medically assisted reproduction in an attempt to have a child.
The same report said she requested her medical records in September 2023 but received them only at the end of November, after repeated requests — a delay of about three months. She later went to the Carabinieri to file a complaint and request an investigation.
No final judicial or medical finding establishing a medical error or professional liability has been reported in the material available. The hospital's full response and the underlying medical documentation were not independently available, and the exact procedure alleged to have caused the infertility has not been publicly clarified.
