A fresh attack against medical personnel at Foggia's Policlino Hospital was reported in the night between Sunday and Monday when three ER nurses were kicked and punched by a patient.
Carabinieri police intervened and the 18-year-old man who allegedly attacked the nurses was arrested.
The new episode follows an attack against medical personnel at the same hospital reported last Wednesday when health personnel were punched and injured 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 before.
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.
One surgeon was injured especially badly after being punched several times in the face and a female doctor suffered a fractured hand.
It was the latest in a series of acts of violence on health professionals in Italy and one of a few reported at the hospital in question.
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