I ♥ you! Dying man quickly marries fiancee in Italian hospital bed after suffering a cardiac arrest… then gets the perfect wedding gift – a new HEART
- Maurizio Calorio, 47, was on a life-support machine after a heart attack in June
- The Italian was given weeks to live and decided to marry Silvia Duca in hospital
- Hours later, a heart became available and he had a successful transplant
A dying Italian man whose final wish was to marry his partner has been given the ultimate wedding gift of a new heart.
Maurizio Calorio, 47, was on a life-support machine close to death in the Molinete hospital in Turin after undergoing cardiac arrest last month.
While lying in hospital, he decided to marry his long-term partner Silvia Duca, 42, while he still could.
Maurizio Calorio is pictured alongside his new wife Silvia Duca after getting married in his Turin hospital
The Italian was on a life-support machine close to death in the Molinete hospital in Turin after undergoing cardiac arrest last month
Calorio had been on the heart transplant waiting list due to his deteriorating condition but he had had no luck so far by the time of his nuptials
Duca said: ‘Our wedding was fixed for September and we didn’t know if we would get to that day.’
A town hall official in a ceremonial sash officiated the ceremony from the foot of the hospital bed which was surrounded by balloons and a bouquet made of caps from blood collection tubes.
Calorio had been on the heart transplant waiting list due to his deteriorating condition but he had had no luck so far by the time of his nuptials.
Then just hours after he tied the knot, he was told a donated heart had become available in Naples.
A special flight was laid on which flew the heart to his Turin hospital and he underwent seven-hour surgery that night.
Just hours after he tied the knot, he was told a donated heart had become available in Naples
Calorio remains in hospital under surveillance but the operation was a success and doctors expect a full recovery
Duca said, according to The Times: ‘The miracle happened that night. After the marriage we received a wonderful gift — a new heart for Maurizio. Without the transplant he had little chance of surviving.’
Calorio remains in hospital under surveillance but the operation was a success and doctors expect a full recovery.
The couple have been together for six years and share a three-month-old daughter.
They had planned to marry sooner but they decided to delay because of the Covid pandemic.
Duca said: ‘We were in complete darkness so this gift has filled us with joy. Now we aim to grow old together and bring up our daughter. Thanks to someone’s generosity, Maurizio has a new life.’
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