Locatelli laments disabled student's removal from classroom

(ANSA) - ROME, NOV 10 - Disabilities Minister Alessandra Locatelli on Thursday lamented the removal of a disabled cancer patient from a Rome university classroom where she was trying to eat her lunch.
    The minister described the incident as a "serious and intolerable episode".
    The cancer patient, who has been named as Giorgia and who has 100% disabilities, was thrown out of the classroom while trying to eat her meal.
    Locatelli, who reported speaking today with the young woman said she was "very bitter" and denounced the fact that "a still short-sighted vision" of disability persists in Italy. (ANSA).