A WOMAN and her 15-year-old daughter have died from suspected food poisoning after their Christmas Eve dinner.
Gianni Di Vita, wife Antonella and daughter Sara went to A&E on Christmas Day with vomiting and stomach cramps but were sent home.
They returned on Boxing Day only to be sent back again.
Sara died on Saturday followed a few hours later by Antonella, 50, in Campobasso, Italy.
Gianni, 55, is in intensive care in Rome.
The fish and mushroom meal was being tested.
Friends of Sara told local media: “We last spoke to Sara on Boxing Day, over the phone.
“She believed the heavy treatment at the hospital would be sufficient and didn’t expect her condition to deteriorate.”
Cardarelli ICU head Dr Vincenzo Cuzzone told local media: “They began showing symptoms after a meal, but the details are still incomplete.
“There was liver failure, followed by a cascade of events, one after another, at extraordinary speed, ultimately leading to multiple organ failure.”
Police have collected food from the family home for laboratory testing.
Current mayor Antonio Tommasone said: “These are hours of great sorrow for all of us.”
