Call for military to protect staff in Italian hospitals after surge in violent attacks

The military should be deployed to Italian hospitals to halt a “dramatic” spike in attacks on doctors, nurses, and other staff by patients and their relatives, a union has said.The call comes after numerous serious assaults in recent weeks, including an attack on doctors by tens of people at a general hospital in Foggia in the southern region of Puglia on 5 September.A video showing healthcare workers at Foggia’s Policlinico Riuniti hospital barricading themselves in an office with a sofa while they call the police for help has been widely shared on social media. A group of 50 relatives and friends of a 23 year old woman turned on hospital staff when the patient died after an emergency operation, local media reports.Nursing Up, a union for Italian nurses, has called for the national public order and security committee to convene immediately and for soldiers to be sent into hospitals to…
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