The parents of a baby boy who died a little more than a month after his birth at San Leonardo hospital in Castellammare di Stabia say they are still waiting for answers about what happened during delivery and who may be responsible.

Their account, reported by Il Mattino, centers on their son Salvatore: a child they say they will not get back, but whose death they want fully explained. The family says its objective is to establish the truth and obtain justice, and it does not regard the legal proceedings as concluded with the precautionary measures reported this week.

A birth in March 2024, a death weeks later

According to the validated reports, the case concerns a baby born at San Leonardo hospital who died in late March 2024, slightly more than one month after birth. The baby was admitted to intensive care after complications during delivery.

Further clinical details, including the complete autopsy findings and expert reports, were not available in the documents reviewed for this article. The accessible portion of the primary Il Mattino article was also limited because it is marked as reserved for subscribers.

Four health workers under precautionary measures

The investigation is led by the Torre Annunziata Prosecutor's Office and concerns the child's death at San Leonardo hospital. Four healthcare workers have been subject to precautionary measures.

Those measures are reported as house arrest for the acting head of Gynaecology, and 12-month professional suspensions for two other doctors and a midwife.

Precautionary measures are not a final verdict. They are interim steps ordered during an investigation, while the underlying allegations still have to be tested in the proceedings that follow.

What investigators allege

The reported allegations include negligent responsibility for a death in a healthcare setting, falsification of public documents, fraud in criminal proceedings, and obstruction or diversion of the investigation.

More specifically, investigators allege:

  • An artificial knot was placed or created on the umbilical cord after the delivery complications.
  • The umbilical cord and placenta were disposed of immediately, in a manner investigators considered inconsistent with ordinary hospital practice.
  • Times and activities in the clinical record were altered.
  • Healthcare workers agreed among themselves on accounts to give investigators.

RaiNews and MetropolisWeb report these points as the investigators' reconstruction and the prosecution's allegations, not as findings already decided by a court.

The family's lawyer, as quoted in the Il Mattino report, describes the case as involving an alleged attempt to construct evidence in support of those responsible. That too is an allegation made within the context of the investigation, not a final judicial finding.

The parents: "We want to know the truth"

For the parents, the precautionary measures are a step, not an outcome. They say they want clarity on the causes of their son's death and on any individual responsibilities connected to the delivery, the subsequent care, and the handling of medical material and records.

Their position underscores a distinction that matters for readers following the case: interim measures against suspects do not establish guilt, and they do not by themselves answer the medical question of why a newborn who reached intensive care did not survive.

What is still to be established

Two central issues remain open based on the available reporting.

First, the medical chain of events. The reports confirm intensive care after a difficult delivery and death weeks later, but the full clinical and forensic record has not been publicly documented in the material reviewed. Any conclusion about causation would depend on that evidence and on expert assessment, not on summaries of the allegations alone.

Second, the procedural path ahead. The full procedural status and any subsequent court decisions were not independently verified from an official court or prosecutor document. Readers should therefore treat the present account as a snapshot of reported precautionary measures and alleged conduct, with further hearings, expert work, or judicial review still to determine the final outcome.

The case remains, at this stage, an investigation with serious allegations and a family asking for a complete and verifiable truth.