(ANSA) - ROME, MAR 16 - An 85-year-old woman who had just
been discharged from a Sicilian hospital died after falling off
her stretcher in the ambulance taking her home Saturday.
She was discharged from the Termini Imerese hospital after being
treated and then recovering.
For the transport home, her relatives called in a private
company, but during the transfer into the ambulance the
stretcher tipped over, the 85-year-old woman fell and hit her
head. (ANSA).