Greta Astarita, 33, from Piano di Sorrento, died at the San Leonardo hospital in Castellammare di Stabia after the death of the child she was carrying in the seventh month of pregnancy.

The case was reported by Il Mattino and other local outlets. According to those reports, Astarita died after doctors had established the death of the child during the night. Police and prosecutorial authorities have begun investigating the sequence of events and the causes of the deaths.

What has been reported

The reports agree on the central facts: a 33-year-old woman from Piano di Sorrento, in the seventh month of pregnancy, died at San Leonardo in Castellammare di Stabia after losing the child she was carrying.

One reported detail concerns the hours before the emergency. According to the acquired reports, Astarita first went to hospital because of groin pain and was subsequently discharged. About two hours later, she suffered a serious deterioration.

The family’s reported appeal during the emergency was for the child to be saved. Relatives have asked for privacy and calm.

Investigation under way

The Castellammare di Stabia police and the prosecutor’s office are investigating the case. The inquiry concerns the clinical sequence, including the first examination, the discharge decision, and the later emergency, as well as the medical causes of the two deaths.

No official statement from the hospital or the prosecutor was included in the acquired reports. No medical cause has been established in those reports.

What remains unclear

Several points remain unresolved and are explicitly subject to investigation:

  • The medical cause of the deaths has not been reported.
  • The precise clinical timeline, from the first hospital visit to the later emergency, remains to be clarified by investigators.
  • The acquired sources differ on details concerning the child. Il Mattino’s article uses masculine wording, while other reports describe a female child. An official or family source would be needed to resolve this.

Readers should therefore treat the currently available timeline as reported rather than confirmed, pending the outcome of the investigation and any official statements.