https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Swedish prosecutors will not charge scandal-hit Italian surgeon Paolo Macchiarini with causing the deaths of three of his patients. https://www.thelocal.it/20171012/sweden-italy-prosecutors-drop-manslaughter-probe-over-macchiarini-patients Thu, 12 Oct 2017 17:26:38 +0200 sweden-italy-prosecutors-drop-manslaughter-probe-over-macchiarini-patients A seventh patient of Italian surgeon Paolo Macchiarini, who was fired from a Swedish university over accusations of misconduct, has died. https://www.thelocal.it/20170320/macchiarinis-seventh-transplant-patient-dies-sweden-italy Mon, 20 Mar 2017 16:38:43 +0100 macchiarinis-seventh-transplant-patient-dies-sweden-italy Scandal-hit Italian surgeon Paolo Macchiarini, who is accused of using Swedish patients as guinea pigs, has told a medical magazine that he wasn't to blame for patients' complications, in his first interview since being ousted from his post in Stockholm. https://www.thelocal.it/20160504/disgraced-italian-surgeon-defends-work-in-first-interview Wed, 04 May 2016 15:56:31 +0200 disgraced-italian-surgeon-defends-work-in-first-interview Sweden's Karolinska Institute (KI), which awards the Nobel Prize for Medicine, on Wednesday dismissed a Italian transplant surgeon suspected of research fraud and ethical breaches, in an affair that has plunged the renowned institution into crisis. https://www.thelocal.it/20160323/italian-surgeon-fired-from-swedish-research-institute Wed, 23 Mar 2016 17:13:21 +0100 italian-surgeon-fired-from-swedish-research-institute Swedish genetics professor Urban Lendahl, has announced his resignation from two prestigious Nobel bodies after it became clear he is likely to be involved in an investigation regarding the celebrity surgeon Paolo Macchiarini. https://www.thelocal.it/20160207/nobel-secretary-general-resigns-over-macchiarini-row Sun, 07 Feb 2016 14:27:45 +0100 nobel-secretary-general-resigns-over-macchiarini-row Sweden's Karolinska Institute has said it will not allow controversial Italian star surgeon Paolo Macchiarini to stay when his contract expires later this year. https://www.thelocal.it/20160204/controversial-celeb-doc-told-to-quit-swedish-hospital Thu, 04 Feb 2016 15:12:10 +0100 controversial-celeb-doc-told-to-quit-swedish-hospital Sweden's prestigious Karolinska University Hospital has opened an investigation into a prominent surgeon whose controversial procedures have caused a stir worldwide. https://www.thelocal.it/20160203/italian-celebrity-surgeon-faces-swedish-probe Wed, 03 Feb 2016 17:06:09 +0100 italian-celebrity-surgeon-faces-swedish-probe