(ANSA) - ROME, NOV 21 - A patient under the influence of drugs and alcohol on Thursday attacked a nurse and then a guard in the waiting room of the ER of the Betania evangelical hospital in Naples.
    The hospital's general director said attacks against doctors, nurses, operators and security guards have become increasingly frequent at the Betania, one of two hospitals in the Ponticelli district of the southern port city.
    "We are in a state of war - enough", said Vincenzo Bottino, the hospital's executive.
    As healthcare facilities across Italy have reported a spate of attacks in recent months against personnel, the Betania said its personnel has been targeted 15 times since the start of 2024.
    "The lives of our operators and the security of patients are in danger", said Bottino.
    "We can't allow a place that provides treatment to become a theatre of violence", he noted. (ANSA).