Monaldi files internal complaint against Oppido: "Shouting, humiliation, and a climate of fear and mistrust."

A letter signed by the nursing staff, healthcare assistants, and operating room technicians at the Monaldi Hospital in Naples (Azienda Ospedaliera dei Colli) and addressed to the company's top management, starting with General Manager Anna Iervolino, details "an extremely serious situation" that, according to the signatories, has long been compromising the well-being of staff and the safety of patient care. The letter is dated January 27, 2026.

The public reading in Nola

The letter's contents were brought to the attention of reporters outside Nola Cathedral by Francesco Petruzzi, the lawyer representing the parents of Domenico Caliendo, the two-year-old boy who died on February 21st at the Monaldi Hospital after a heart transplant. The lawyer read excerpts from the document.

“We no longer feel safe collaborating”

In the letter, Petruzzi explained, citing the passages read, the Monaldi professionals described a climate of "mutual distrust", linked to a "doctor-centric hierarchy" and "absent communication", which generated a perception of insecurity among nurses, OSS and technicians.

The text also states that the signatories "no longer feel confident in collaborating" with Dr. Guido Oppido and that certain accusations leveled at the staff ("totally disregarding the needs of patients") would "no longer be acceptable and tolerated by the entire team."

The contested conduct: shouting, humiliation and offensive language

According to the letter and read by the lawyer, the staff reported "systematic and daily" behavior attributed to Oppido: yelling and verbal aggression, humiliation and public belittling of skills, offensive and derogatory language, blasphemies and swearing, as well as intimidating behavior that ended up inhibiting communication within the team.

The document also mentions "hostile and aggressive reactions" in formal discussions, with a reference to a meeting on November 24, 2025, and a "failure to listen and consider." The events described, it says, occurred primarily in the operating room.

The effects on staff and the transfer hypothesis

In the final part, still according to the letter, the frequency of such episodes would have created a working climate characterized by fear, constant tension and a loss of mutual trust in the multi-professional group.

The signatories describe repercussions on staff, including persistent anxiety, tremors, and difficulty concentrating during work, amidst stress and burnout. The team, the quoted passage concludes, also jointly evaluated the possibility of requesting a transfer.