A psychiatrist sparked fear at
a hospital in Milan where he worked after he was found roaming
the corridors brandishing a fire extinguisher and speaking
incoherently, ANSA learned Wednesday.
The 34-year-old man, known only as L.D. under Italian
privacy law, is believed to have suffered a psychotic episode
after he turned up at Pio Albergo Trivulzio hospital at around
10pm on Monday.
Although it was not his shift, the psychiatrist, who lives
in Pavia, 35km south of Milan, entered his department and began
shouting unintelligibly in a loud voice.
He later picked up a fire extinguisher, prompting medical
staff to shut themselves inside rooms and call the emergency
services.
Police found the man in the hospital courtyard and managed
to convince him to accompany them to San Carlo hospital.
It is understood the man was found to have had a
"psychotic and paranoid episode" reportedly linked to a romantic
attachment to a colleague, who did not requite his feelings.
The man, who remained in a psychiatric facility on
Wednesday, is not currently under investigation.
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