In the early afternoon of Sunday 24 October a 49-year-old, in an altered state, was accompanied to the Pronto Sccorso of the Santa Maria di Terni by personnel of the Police. After a few hours after being admitted to the Emergency Medicine ward, the man first began to verbally rant against the medical staff present, then moved on to physical aggression, hitting the staff with fists and kicks. Six of them needed help, with diagnoses involving bruises and injuries that could be healed in a few days. The man also threw a bedside table down a hall.
Immediately activated the security protocol prepared by Santa Maria for similar cases, also by reporting to the competent authorities, the situation was then brought back to calm. “Also on this occasion – declares the Health Management – the professionalism of our operators has made it possible to prevent the situation from degenerating. The Company is very attentive to the implementation of the protocols envisaged for such delicate situations, also through training courses for the personnel who aim at updating procedures even for extreme cases such as those of physical assaults “.