Theft of radiator valves from the medical practice in Bosco Marengo

In Bosco Marengo, a municipality of just over two thousand inhabitants in the province of Alessandria, the theft of the thermostatic radiator valves installed in the municipal medical practice is reported. The news is announced on 3 November 2026 through the municipality's social media channels ^[1][2].

The report

The incident is reported by the mayor of Bosco Marengo, Maria Erminia Zotta, who calls the theft an «act of incivility». In her message the mayor stresses that, beyond the economic value of the damage, what weighs most is the act being «deeply wrong towards our community», since it concerns a public asset dedicated to citizens' health and care ^[1].

Consequences

Without the thermostatic valves, the radiators in the medical practice cannot be regulated and do not work properly, causing problems for the facility's operation and for the patients who visit it, often elderly or frail people ^[1][2]. The municipal administration states that it is working to resolve the problem as quickly as possible ^[1][2].

Sources

1. Bosco Marengo, rubate le valvole dei termosifoni nello studio medico del paese — ANSA Piemonte, 3 November 2026
2. A Bosco Marengo qualcuno ha rubato le valvole dei termosifoni dello studio medico — Quotidiano Piemontese, 3 November 2026