Hospital Staff Including Doctors And Nurses Barricade Themselves Into Office After Being Brutally Assaulted By Family Whose Daughter Just Died

Italy-Health personnel at Foggia's Policlinico hospital were attacked and injured on Wednesday by a mob led by relatives of a 23-year-old woman from the nearby town of Cerignola who died during surgery after being involved in a car accident some weeks ago, sources said.

It is the latest in a series of acts of violence on health professionals in Italy and it is not the first at the hospital in question.

Around 50 people burst in the hospital after the news came out that the woman had died and around 20 of them came into physical contact with surgeons, anaesthetists and other health workers, the sources said.

One surgeon was injured especially badly after being punched several times in the face and a female doctor suffered a fractured hand, according to the sources.
Other doctors locked themselves in a room until the police arrived.

The police, who had difficulty restoring order, are investigating to establish the identity of the aggressors.