(ANSA) - Salerno, January 17 - A doctor and a nurse were attacked by the relatives of a patient who died at a Salerno hospital on Thursday afternoon, sources said Friday.
The attack took place in the pulmonology ward at the southern city's San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d'Aragona Hospital.
The two alleged assailants have been cited by the local flying squad.
The attack was condemned by the head of the Salerno surgeons and dentists guild, Giovanni D'Angelo. He said there had been almost one attack a day on doctors in the area recently.
D'Angelo urged parliament to pass a pending law recognising medical staff as "public officers", assaults on whom are recognised as serious crimes.
"That would go some way towards deterring these attacks," he said.
D'Angelo said "society is ever more tending towards the use of violence rather than that of reason".
Doctor and nurse attacked at Salerno hospital
By relatives of patient who died