Three social health workers aged 48, 58 and 64 were arrested this morning by the soldiers of the Provincial Command of the Guardia di Finanza of Savona and are under house arrest on charges of violence and mistreatment of several guests of the facility where they work. Rsa La Villa of Varazze.
From the investigative activity, according to the Fiamme Gialle, abrupt tugging of patients during the personal cleaning operations emerged, up to the slaps, accompanied by insults, threats and curses of the operators, despite cries of pain, tears and pleading of the victims.
The order of pre-trial detention at home was issued by the Gip of the Court of Savona at the end of a complex investigation, coordinated by the prosecutor Chiara Venturi, and lasted a few months, during which numerous and repeated episodes of physical and verbal violence were documented . Very often, during working hours, the elderly patients would be left unattended, without their repeated requests for assistance being met, also activated by the guests through the bells placed near the beds.
