NAS Carabinieri health police on
Monday started an inspection at a hospital in Nola, near Naples,
after reports that patients were treated on the floor because
there were not enough beds and stretchers.
The investigation at Nola's Santa Maria della Pietà Hospital
was ordered by Health Minister Beatrice Lorenzin after a patient
posted onto Facebook a photo of two women lying on the floor.
A doctor can be seen in the photo as he kneels down to treat
one of the women.
He is wearing a jacket as the heating was not working
properly, according to the post, which was followed by several
comments posted by former patients who said they were also
treated under similar conditions.
The hospital, which had a reported 1,200 patients over the
past week, had no running water on Monday and firefighters had
to bring two tankers.
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