Woman dies after liposuction in Rome clinic

A 47-year-old Ecuadorian woman died in a Rome hospital after falling ill following a liposuction op in a private clinic in the Italian capital at the weekend, sources said Tuesday, Azernews reports, citing ANSA.

The surgery, on Sunday afternoon, was interrupted by a complication, after which the woman was rushed to the Policlinico Umberto I Hospital where medics tried to revive her in vain.

Rome prosecutors have placed three people under investigation for negligent manslaughter and culpable homicide: a doctor, an anaesthetist and a nurse.

The clinic on the outskirts of Rome has been impounded.