Italian police on Wednesday placed 17
people under investigation in a probe into the alleged
mistreatment of elderly care home inmates who were allegedly
physically abused and tied to their beds in a home at
Civitavecchia north of Rome.
Those under investigation also allegedly left their charges
"abandoned" for hours, without cleaning them, as well as tying
them to their beds with their sheets, insulting them and in some
cases actually hitting them.
They are also accused of giving out psychoactive drugs without
prescriptions.
The accused are nurses and social-health operators.
They are under investigation for mistreatment, abduction and
making false statements.
Civitavecchia is a port city on the coast northwest of the
Italian capital.
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