Doctor crushed by the closet, it is serious

(ANSA) - CAGLIARI, JANUARY 13 - Giorgio Pitzalis, the 57-year-old doctor from Suelli, who was the victim of an accident at work yesterday afternoon, was hospitalized in the Neurosurgery department of the Brotzu Hospital in Cagliari. on him while he was carrying out his medical watch round in the Senorbì clinic. Pitzalis brought back a polytrauma with a thoracic crush, it is not excluded that in the next few hours he will undergo surgery. He is vigilant and talks to doctors, health officials report.
The accident occurred around 5 pm, when the heavy piece of furniture disengaged from the wall where it was fixed with some anchors and overwhelmed the doctor, who perhaps was trying to open a door, crushing it. A colleague who was in an otherwise quite heard the noise, rushed to the scene and immediately gave the alarm. The 118 doctors, the carabinieri of the Senorbì Station and the ASL specialists who deal with accidents at work have arrived on site.