Twenty-one attacks since the beginning of the year, the latest, the other night: the Vimercate emergency room is increasingly a trench for the staff. And so it was also between Tuesday and Wednesday, when a patient who had drunk too much attacked the doctor on duty and the nurse and caused a lot of damage. Only the intervention of the police put an end to the violence. What remains is the count of a phenomenon that has reached its limit here too. For the company “the situation is alarming”. “We can no longer accept the repetition of these episodes – says Michele Sofia, medical director of Asst Brianza -. The conduct of certain patients makes the work of health workers even more complicated. It exacerbates their daily efforts and disincentivizes those involved in this field young people have been increasingly choosing other professional contexts for a long time.” Safety is crucial: “The shortage of nurses and human resources is an issue that is always on the agenda – he adds – protecting workers remains an essential priority for everyone”. Precisely on violence, the emergency rooms of Desio and Vimercate have launched the literary prize “The words of care, the care of words”, a new initiative aimed at all employees of the public healthcare giant “to offer another tool for sharing and support for those who are victims of violence in the lane and beyond”.
Barbara Calderola
