Chaos in the Emergency Room: attempts to attack a guard with the IV pole, 48-year-old reported

He demands to enter immediately, ignoring the waiting order established by the triage, and when asked to wait his turn in the waiting room he goes into a rage. First, he lashes out at the healthcare staff on duty, then he grabs the metal pole that supports the IV and attempts to attack a security guard. There were moments of tension the other day at the emergency room of San Giacomo d’Altopasso hospital. The police officers from the city precinct rushed in to prevent the worst.

The protagonist of the chaos is a forty-eight-year-old man from Licata who has been reported, while free, to the Prosecutor's Office of Agrigento, for the alleged crimes of violence, threats, and insults to a public official and interruption of public service.

“Unfortunately, this is not an isolated case, they come even for minor ailments and want to be seen immediately,” comments one of the healthcare workers. The emergency room should represent the most advanced level for emergencies and urgent cases, in addition to having to deal with a very high percentage of non-urgent codes, but for some time now, the Licata facility has also been becoming a gathering place for every social discomfort. As in the most recent incident. From what has been learned, as soon as he arrived, he began to complain. He then asked to expedite his entry into the doctor's room.

Suddenly, he started ranting against everyone. And now beside himself, during those tense moments in a state of agitation, he attempted to assault the security officer. Someone called 112. The officers managed to calm the agitated man down with some difficulty.