Call for army to protect Italian hospital staff after spate of attacks - eviltoast
Patients and relatives turn on doctors and nurses, with 16,000 reports of physical and verbal assaults in 2023 alone

Loreto Gesualdo, the president of the Italian Federation of Medical-Scientific Societies (Fism), has proposed legislation to suspend free access to medical care for three years for those who assault healthcare workers or damage health facilities.

Fism reported more than 16,000 verbal and physical attacks against doctors and nurses in Italian hospitals in 2023 alone.

  • lgsp@feddit.it@feddit.itEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Carabinieri are a police force that is under military hierarchy, but they are trained to operate in a civil context. They act and are equipped as a police force.

    But the army mentioned in the news would be the one used to fight wars, with uniform and automatic weapons, not Carabienieri