Aosta public prosecutors said Friday
that four people, two doctors and two technicians, are under
investigation after they completed a probe into a CAT scan
performed on a cat at the city's Parini hospital in January to
help save its life after the pet was injured in a fall.
The four include the cat's owner Gianluca Fanelli, the
radiologist who performed the scan and the husband of League
Senator Nicoletta Spelgatti, and the head of the hospital's
radiology department.
They are accused of wasting public money and depriving patients
of essential services.
Fanelli said the scan was administered at 11 o'clock at night
when patients would not have needed scans, and has offered to
pay back the cost of the procedure.
The cat is fine after Fanelli performed pneumo-thoracic surgery
on it.
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