Another attack on medical staff. Victim, this time, the doctor on call at the triage of the San Paolo hospital in Civitavecchiapunched by a man. A nurse was also involved in the scuffle.
“This is a very serious act – they denounce in one Gianluca Giuliano national secretary Ugl Salute and Fabiana Attig territorial secretary Ugl Civitavecchia – which highlights how all healthcare workers but especially emergency room workers are extremely at risk when carrying out their duties of providing first aid to citizens. Protecting all healthcare professionals by any means is a civic duty on the part of the institutions, the trade unionists continue, regretting that despite the introduction of the anti-violence decree, the escalation of attacks against healthcare professionals seems to have no end. We express our broad solidarity with the doctor who received a six-day prognosis and with the nurse involved.”
Giuliano and Attig ask to speed up the installation of video surveillance systems and all the measures envisaged so that those who guarantee assistance to citizens at all times can operate in maximum safety.
Meanwhile nearby In Umbria there was the first conviction issued by a Court for verbal assault on a healthcare worker. It was issued by the judge of the Court of Terni against a 48-year-old from Orvieto who had broken into the office of the animal health veterinary managerSamuele Tognariniwho had fined him for irregularities in the documentation relating to the origin of a purchased horse.
The lawyer Gian Franco Puppolato which Tognarini had turned in the absence of legal protection from the Aasl2, highlighted the seriousness of the growing aggression, including verbal, against healthcare personnel.
The judge sentenced the 48-year-old from Orvieto to 4 months in prison, suspended sentence, for insulting a public official and 3 thousand euros in compensation to the veterinary manager, in addition to the payment of legal costs.
