“I remember that evening when they asked for me on the intercom, addressing me as threats…Days of anxiety followed.” Alfredo Scarpa is a medical health insurance company recently retired general practitioner who, together with other colleagues, atOrder of the Medici e Dentists di Napoli e province, took part in the meeting to stop the aggressions to white coats.
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A Doctor's Story: "Threats on the Intercom, It Was a Big Fear"
“About four years ago, a patient who had repeatedly sought medical certificates to justify his absence from work, complaining of back pain, lumbosciatica, came frequently to my clinic in Via Foria. – says Scarpa -. Initially I did everything to understand the origin of this lumbosciatica that he complained of”.
“At the third or fourth certificate, I asked him for an orthopedic visit to evaluate the situation. He came back a few days later without bringing the orthopedic certificate. So I refused him another certificate and at that point the aggression began.”
“He threw the computer at me, the others avoided the worst”
“He threw my laptop at me and only the intervention of other people who were in the waiting room prevented the worst. – says the doctor -. But the most critical moment came a few hours later."
“I remember that in the evening the house intercom rang and my wife answered: 'Tell the doctor that we know exactly where he lives and his hours'. It was a period of anxiety and fear. In those days I went out looking around. But then he changed doctors and I no longer had any problems”.
Article published on March 11, 2023 - 13pm
