Barrels, a bed used as a battering ram to try to break down the front door, throwing chairs, two injured security guards: «A nightmarish Saturday in the Child Neuropsychiatry ward of the Microcimetic of Cagliari », the employees define it, who addressed to the trade unions to be protected. Now they fear for their safety. And from the provincial secretary of Fials, Paolo Cugliara, comes the call to the top management of the ASL: "The situation must be addressed, and immediately".

According to the employee representative's complaint, the tensions in the ward that treats young and young patients with mental health problems began in the morning. Two of the eight patients - the maximum capacity would be six - came to blows. A violent confrontation, blocked by vigilantes. But at 11, again according to the testimony, there was a new round, with other patients seized with panic attacks. The call to the carabinieri starts, but the military cannot intervene. Shortly after new tensions, among other assisted. The carabinieri arrive in the afternoon: their presence is enough to restore calm.

But it would not last long: «Shortly after three patients put the ward in check», explains Cugliara, «they used a bed like a battering ram to try to break down the main door, threw chairs and furnishings against the nurses' lodge. The two security guards, who tried to protect the staff and the remaining patients by placing them in safety, were attacked. They had to resort to emergency care." Shortly after, "the carabinieri returned and summoned the parents," adds the trade unionist.

For Secretary Fials «we are close to irreparable. We have repeatedly urged the company to put its hand to the organization of Microcitemico but nothing has changed, on the contrary», he accuses, «part of the few and meager economic resources that should be used for assistance goes to gratify availability. The management has often said it is available for dialogue», concludes Cugliara, «but certainly not with us».

(Unioneonline/E.Fr.)

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