Loreto Gesualdo, the president of the Italian Federation of Medical-Scientific Societies (Fism), has proposed legislation to suspend free access to medical care for three years for those who assault healthcare workers or damage health facilities.

Fism reported more than 16,000 verbal and physical attacks against doctors and nurses in Italian hospitals in 2023 alone.

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    2 months ago

    problematic

    Violent attacks, especially with an axe, not sure I’d call them just “problematic”

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      2 months ago

      A soldier is trained to deal with enemies with at least an automatic rifle.

      Policemen are instead trained to deal with crazies with axes, knives, rods… etc. and possibly neutrilize them without killing them. They should be able to try a negotiation even. What can a soldier with an automatic rifle already in his hand do? Shoot.

      It’s easy:

      • war, peace keeping -> army
      • public order, criminals -> police
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        2 months ago

        Right, but that doesn’t have much to do about the people being called “problematic” that I was talking about

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          2 months ago

          Ok, I got your point

          What I wanted to say, on the other hand, is that for one guy with an axe that ends up in the news, you have 100 guys that may act aggressively and/or violently. And as it is today, doctors and medical personnel has to deal with those too. A soldier would be even less suitable in those cases…

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            2 months ago

            I agree with that. Soldiers aren’t best suited for the job. I think it might partially be that people are looking for quick solutions and soldiers seem for many to be quick low-cost solution, even though security guards would seem more obvious. But those you’d have to pay, meanwhile you already got these soldiers, so “might as well use them for something useful”.

            I get the thinking, but it’s not a great idea.