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'I don’t want to live in anger'– wife of Puttinu Cares founder Victor Calvagna

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Happier times: Carmen and Victor Calvagna

Seven months after much-loved paediatric cancer specialist Victor Calvagna died after he was hit by a car while running – in an accident that shocked the country – his wife has spoken about her determination not to let anger poison her life and that of their daughters. In a candid interview, Carmen Calvagna spoke about the emotional roller coaster she has been through since the accident: regret for not having insisted enough, that fatal night, that he doesn’t go running in the wind. Anger at him for not knowing better. Anger at whoever was behind the wheel of the car that hit him. Anger at not knowing what happened. And the haunting “what-if?” when the family had to pull the plug a week after he was declared brain dead following the accident. But Carmen, 59, does not want to be angry. Especially since her husband’s legacy is built on love – he was one of the founders of the Puttinu Cares Foundation that offers support to cancer patients and their families. Victor, 63, was hit by a car in Qawra on December 28 last year. He was declared brain dead and died a week later. His organs were donated. “He loved life. He would never have been happy living a life where he could not move...


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