A string of attacks on health workers
continued on Tuesday when a doctor and several nurses at the
addiction centre of a hospital in the southern town of Galatina,
near Lecce, were assaulted by a 56-year-old man, sources said on
Wednesday.
The man allegedly threatened the doctor to try to get additional
dose of methadone and lashed out when the physician refused.
He also reacted violently when nurses and a security guard
intervened.
He has been put under house arrest and faces charges of violence
against a public official and interruption of a public service.
A government meeting was held on Tuesday to discuss the adoption
of urgent measure to stem violent actions against healthcare
workers, sources at the premier's office Palazzo Chigi said.
The summit, chaired by the Cabinet Undersecretary Alfredo
Mantovano, was attended by Justice Minister Carlo Nordio,
Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi, Health Minister Orazio
Schillaci and Parliament Minister Luca Ciriani.
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