Treviso – In a house near Treviso a 29-year-old woman suffered carbon monoxide poisoning on Wednesday, 4 November. Before she called emergency services, she had noticed that her cat was meowing constantly and unusually. Firefighters later found that a faulty boiler was releasing the gas.
The woman had felt dizzy at home. She initially drove to work as planned. When the dizziness continued on the way, she stopped and called emergency services. Responders suspected poisoning and took her to Ca’ Foncello hospital in Treviso. Tests there confirmed the suspicion. Doctors treated the 29-year-old in a hyperbaric chamber. Treatment ended on Thursday morning.
Carbon monoxide also detected in the stairwell
Responders also detected carbon monoxide in the stairwell. The 29-year-old woman's husband and the family in the apartment above therefore went to hospital for precautionary checks. The family included a six-month-old baby and a three-year-old child. All five were able to leave the hospital on Wednesday evening.
When firefighters inspected the boiler, they measured a high concentration of the gas after switching it on. The previous week, a total of ten people in Follina and Loria, also in the province of Treviso, had gone to emergency departments after carbon monoxide poisoning. Similar cases were reported Lucca and near Parma as well.
