Doctors, managers arrested in Rome health-fraud bust

(ANSA) - Rome, October 21 - Carabinieri health police in Rome on Wednesday acted on 14 home arrest warrants for doctors, managers and health workers at the city's Israelitico hospital.
    Three others were given orders to regularly report to the police. They are suspected of fraud and deception against the national health service. The authorities also confiscated 7.5 million euros - the amount that was allegedly fraudulently claimed from the national health system for treatments that were not performed. The hospital's former general manager, Antonio Mastrapasqua, was among those arrested on Wednesday.