'Negro' blamed for long hospital wait

(ANSA) - Cagliari, September 21 - An oncologist at a Cagliari hospital in Sardinia denounced in a Facebook post that relatives of some of her patients who were waiting for palliative care complained they had been waiting for too long, saying it was a "negro's fault", the local Unione Sarda newspaper reported on Friday.
    The doctor, Maria Cristina Deidda, said she had briefly left the clinic where the patients were waiting for a consultation "on a patient of Senegalese origin" at the hospital.
    "As many as four people, who were accompanying some of my patients, complained they were kept waiting and it was a 'negro's fault'", the doctor said, apologizing on their behalf and saying she felt "deeply ashamed" for their behavior, the daily reports.