While his wife struggles with the Balocco storm and false donations, Fedez is also in the crosshairs of the issue of beds created during the pandemic. The Region of Lombardy said in a note on the rapper's statements regarding the hospital at the Fiera Milano: “The intensive care beds created in the structure created thanks to the donations collected by Fedez and Chiara Ferragni were 14 and not 150. The entire hospital is included.” However, the fair was able to create a real intensive care unit with 157 beds thanks to the donations of over 6,000 private individuals.”
It all started, or rather resurfaced, after Fedez published Instagram stories to respond to Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni regarding the attack on the Balocco affair: “We raised 4 million euros and built an intensive care unit with 150 places in 10 days .” Hundreds of lives saved. After months, the government and the Lombardy region needed 10 million euros to build one.”
The region provides somewhat inaccurate information, which also highlights that “from the first hospitalization in the train structure of San Raffaele on March 23, 2020 to the hospitalization at the fair on April 6, 2020, only 14 days passed”. The Lombardy region said it wanted to better clarify the facts so that private donations were not invalidated and to thank the 6,000 citizens who decided to help everyone in a difficult situation.