A nine-year-old Italian boy whose
death in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Marsa Alam is the
subject of a probe into possible treatment delays died of a
pre-existing brain tumour and bacterial pneumonia that led to
cardiac arrest, a local medical examiner said Friday.
"The death was caused by complications from a brain tumor, which
the child was already suffering from before going to Egypt, in
addition to a bacterial pneumonia infection, which led to
cardiac arrest", the "Red Sea Health Directorate" wrote on
Facebook, referring to the death of Mattia Cossettini, from
Tricesimo near Udine, who died in Egypt this week while he was
on vacation in Marsa Alam with his family.
Local authorities have opened an investigation into the death of
the boy to determine its cause and possible delays in diagnosis
and treatment.
Medical sources originally said the child could have died from a
brain haemorrhage.
Cossettini fainted during a boat excursion and was taken to the
resort's doctor who treated him for a heat stroke.
A few hours later, however, his condition deteriorated and his
parents decided to take him to a local hospital, where he died
shortly after his arrival.
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