Health personnel at Foggia's
Policlinico hospital were attacked and injured on Wednesday by a
mob led by relatives of a 23-year-old woman from the nearby town
of Cerignola who died during surgery after being involved in a
car accident some weeks ago, sources said.
It is the latest in a series of acts of violence on health
professionals in Italy and it is not the first at the hospital
in question.
Around 50 people burst in the hospital after the news came out
that the woman had died and around 20 of them came into physical
contact with surgeons, anaesthetists and other health workers,
the sources said.
One surgeon was injured especially badly after being punched
several times in the face and a female doctor suffered a
fractured hand, according to the sources.
Other doctors locked themselves in a room until the police
arrived.
The police, who had difficulty restoring order, are
investigating to establish the identity of the aggressors.
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