He doesn’t like it diagnosis of healthcare personnel and attacks them. An episode that joins many others and denounces the existence of a security emergency. In disagreement with the health workers, a man lashed out at the doctor and the 118 nurse who had just helped him. It happened to Napleswhere the carabinieri of the mobile radio unit were forced to intervene in Vico Santa Maria della Neve for an assault against ambulance personnel.
What happened
According to a first summary reconstruction, a 64-year-old from Naples would have requested 118 intervention due to an illness. At the end of the visit, because he disagreed with the doctors’ diagnosis, he pushed and kicked the doctor and the crew nurse. The man was reported for violence against a public official and interruption of public service.
The reason
«Around 9.10pm station 118 of the Annunziata was alerted due to a psychiatric patient in agitation, code yellow in Vico Santa Maria della Neve, Chiaia district of Naples – we read in a note -. Once they arrived on site, the crew discovered that the patient was not in a condition of “psychomotor agitation” but rather in a moment of depression and panic attacks. At this point, the crew doctor, not recognizing an emergency situation that required their presence on site, good-naturedly advises the relatives to psychological counselingbut the latter is not appreciated by the man who suddenly gets up from the chair and starts kicking the doctor who tries to escape by protecting the nurse with his body.
The team moves away from the patient’s home, a formal complaint will follow.”
The attacks in Naples
Data from ASL Napoli 1 speak of 16 attacks in 2024. The total attacks between Napoli 1 and Napoli 2 since the beginning of 2024 are 28.
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