There is no place to proceed for the doctor from Praia Pasquale Fortunato, director of the Lagonegro Hospital, involved in the investigation into the Lucanian Healthcare system, which began in October 2022. This was decided by the Gup of Potenza, Francesco Valente, on the evening of Friday 8 November, at the end of the preliminary hearing.
“A sad page ends – commented Pasquale Fortunato – which saw me involved, despite myself. I have always had extreme faith in justice, well placed at this point if you look closely. Congratulations to the Judge who was able to discern the individual positions of the defendants, in a trial with thirty defendants and of considerable media impact. Congratulations also to my trusted lawyers, Natalia Branda and Giuseppe Fortunato, who assisted me with passion and competence from the beginning”.
A vast and intricate investigation into Lucanian healthcare, which on 7 October 2022 led to prison Francesco Piro, group leader of Forza Italia at the Basilicata Regional Council at the time of the events, and the then mayor of Lagonegro, Maria Di Lascio. Fortunato had ended up in the cauldron of the “alleged political-electoral commercialism” set up in Lagonegro, on the occasion of the elections for the renewal of the municipal council in 2020, won by Di Lascio.
According to the investigators, the doctor from Praia, manager at the Lagonegro hospital, would have “offered his package of votes to Maria Di Lascio”. With last night’s decision, however, the lack of any accusation against Pasquale Fortunato was highlighted.
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