A phone call arrived from a distance of about a thousand kilometers and made it possible to save the life to a elderly caught by illness at home at Lecce. The episode which occurred in recent days ended up online, reported by “Agent Lisa”, friendly profile of police of State.
From Bassano del Grappa a worried woman called the police reporting that she was unable to contact her father-in-law, who lives alone in Lecce and who had shown signs of distress in the previous days.
The alarm triggered in Veneto, through the immediate connection between police operations centers, transmitted the request for help to the policemen in Lecce who quickly went to the building where the man lives.
For a few minutes the officers tried to contact the 76-year-old by first ringing the doorbell and then knocking forcefully on the door, without ever receiving an answer.
In the meantime, the firefighters and 118 health workers also intervened on site to provide rescue. Hearing help outside, the man managed to open the door with difficulty and then entrusted himself into the arms of the police. Visited by health workers, it was then discovered that the elderly man had fallen ill and had not been able to contact anyone. Fortunately, however, the request for help from Veneto and received by the police in Lecce allowed him to be saved and then taken to hospital for the necessary treatment.
