Naples, Cirica (Betania Hospital): “Enough aggression in the Emergency Department, monitoring is needed”

"The attacks on our Emergency Department staff, as well as those of other facilities in the metropolitan area of ​​Naples, are countless. There is an escalation that has lasted for too many months and must be stopped. To raise public awareness on the issue and the institutions, it could be useful, as for accidents and deaths at work, to activate a monitoring system and report them numerically also through the media. A significant signal, at least for some facilities, could be the reactivation of a police squad". He states it Luciano Cirica, general manager of theEvangelical Hospital Bethany in a note.

The complaint comes after yet another aggression to the detriment of the doctors of the Emergency room ofHospital di Ponticelli last Thursday. A man, tired of waiting for the outcome of his wife's visit, has devastated la Waiting room of the PS breaking to kicks e punches a port and different furnishings, cursing and threatening doctors, nurses and healthcare workers.
The man, in hospital to accompany his wife following a “post-argument hysterical crisis with partner” (green code), he got impatient with the prolonged wait and first started to to shout and then to throw himself with violence against structure and healthcare personnel and guardianSince the beginning of the year there have been over 30 episodes of violence, 8 of which, the most serious, have been the subject of criminal proceedings.

“Healthcare personnel must be able to work peacefully, especially in delicate places like the Emergency Room, where life-saving interventions are frequently performed. Every time an episode like this occurs, there are repercussions on the organization of the service and also economic ones. It is a phenomenon that has not stopped even during the pandemic. We must intervene firmly”, concludes Cirica.

Il Emergency room ofEvangelical Hospital Bethany where they arrive further 50 thousand patients per year, through 118 or directly, is also home to an obstetric-gynecological emergency room, reached every day by dozens of mothers giving birth and women in difficulty.