Police have arrested 13 doctors from a clinic in Milan who investigators suspect performed needless and sometimes fatal operations to make more money.
Police said Tuesday the charges resulting from the investigation of Santa Rita Clinic ranged from fraud to homicide.
Three of the doctors were arrested on suspicion of murder for allegedly having performed on several patients "abnormal or invasive surgeries, without taking into consideration the fragility of the patients because of age or their medical condition," the police statement said.
Police officials said five patients at the clinic are believed to have died after suspected needless surgeries. A hospital official was also arrested, police said.
