Parents of Meningitis Victim Demand Justice as Radio Station Honours Daughter

This morning, Stefano Fioravanti and Tiziana Santoro, the parents of Valeria Fioravanti, the 27-year-old woman who died on January 10, 2023, from meningitis mistaken for a simple headache, spoke on Radio Roma Sound fm90 on the occasion of the naming ceremony of the radio station's recording studio in memory of their daughter. Meningitis at the birthday party in Valmontone, woman feels sick during the party: 70 monitored by Asl. Below are their words released during the live radio broadcast: Stefano Fioravanti, the father: 'We are waiting for justice to be done, hoping that it goes as it should. On March 21, there will be the preliminary hearing for the three doctors, one from the Policlinico Casilino and two from the San Giovanni Hospital, for manslaughter, negligence, incompetence, and recklessness. I hope they are struck off the medical register and I hope for life imprisonment, if only it were possible because they killed a 27-year-old girl acting carelessly.' Tiziana Santoro, the mother: 'I expect justice to be done especially for my granddaughter Vittoria, my greatest pain is knowing that she will grow up without her mother. I will never forgive these people for what they have done because no law and no justice will ever give me back the serenity of the past. The life of our entire family has irreparably changed so I demand an exemplary sentence. Do I hope that other names can come out and other people responsible besides the three doctors can be identified? I hope that the nurse from the Policlinico Casilino who on December 30, 2022, kicked my daughter out of the Emergency Room threatening to call the police, just because Valeria had come back after a few days because she could not stand up, at least be heard. That day probably if my daughter had been visited by a doctor she could have been saved. If I were that nurse I would have a guilty conscience, and out of guilt, I would turn myself in. Unfortunately, in Italy there is a lot of silence especially in the medical environment, for goodness sake there are doctors who do their job well, but in this environment there is also a lot of silence unfortunately. These doctors must have the sentence they deserve I hope that in this way no one will have to live on their own skin what our family is living. No one should be welcomed in an Emergency Room and be treated carelessly and negligently as happened to Valeria. During the hearing on March 21, only our family will be able to be present in the courtroom, but I ask all those who want to be close to us to be present outside the court in Piazzale Clodio from 10:30 am.' Gabriele Ziantoni, director of Radio Roma Sound fm90: 'The idea of naming our recording studio after Valeria, came to me and the publisher Nicola Caprera at the end of the recording of the podcast that narrated her ordeal: 'It all happened at Christmas' (listenable on Spotify). The words of Stefano and Tiziana but especially those of the sister Flavia have impregnated the walls of their pain, but also of their love. At the end of the recordings those studios no longer belonged to us: they were all of Valeria and her story. Naming them was the least we could do, our contribution so that Valeria's story is never forgotten. Every time one of our speakers takes the line naming Valeria, her memory will come back to life. And so, we hope, also the warning so that such events never happen again.'