His name was Raffaele Zagaria, he was from Campania and he worked as a professional nurse at the Grassi hospital in Ostia. He was the first health worker at the Grassi hospital in Ostia to die after a month of hospitalization in March 2021 for COVID-19.
Article Key Points
He left behind his wife Pasqualina Razzano, 40, and two young daughters. The health worker had forwarded multiple requests to the Grassi Health Directorate and to the ASL Roma 3 asking - in consideration of his precarious and immunosuppressed state of health - to be placed in nursing duties not in direct contact with the Covid department.
And instead the multiple requests were totally ignored, the man was placed on the front line against the Covid and after having contracted it he unfortunately died. After her husband's death, the widow filed a claim for damages against the ASL Roma 3. The claim was rejected without reason.
Giustitalia Association: “Unjustified violation of the rights of the worker and his family”
“It is – claims theGiustitalia Association to which the woman turned to take legal action against the act of denial – of an unjustified violation of the rights of the worker and his family. Zagaria in fact died – according to a prognostic judgment conducted ex post – due to serious negligence by the DS del Grassi and the ASL Roma 3 who placed an immunosuppressed worker in duties “not compatible” with his state of health”.
Article published on 19 October 2022 - 08:13
