A nurse was assaulted in the emergency-department area of Ospedale Evangelico Villa Betania in Ponticelli, Naples, after a hospitalized patient allegedly called in a second man who attacked the nurse from behind.

According to the report from Il Mattino, the nurse was struck with punches, kicks and slaps. The report says the second man entered the hospital after getting past private security.

How the incident reportedly unfolded

The report links the assault to an earlier altercation over a blood draw. The patient was described as a 35-year-old man undergoing clinical investigations connected to gallbladder problems.

After that exchange, the patient allegedly telephoned another man. That man then entered the emergency-department area and assaulted the nurse from behind, according to the report.

Police identified and reported the hospitalized patient. Investigations to identify the second alleged assailant were reported to be continuing, including through hospital surveillance footage.

Where it happened

The facility is Ospedale Evangelico Betania, located at Via Argine, 604, 80147 Napoli, in the Ponticelli district. The reported assault took place inside the emergency-department area of the hospital.

A separate 2021 case at the same hospital

NapoliToday documented a separate assault against a nurse at Villa Betania in July 2021. That case involved a 38-year-old man who was reported for threats and injuries.

The circumstances and suspect described in the 2021 report are different from those in the Il Mattino report. The two incidents should therefore be treated as separate cases, not as different accounts of the same event.

What is not established

Several important details remain unconfirmed in the available reporting:

  • The nurse's precise injuries, and whether hospitalization was required, were not specified.
  • The identity of the second alleged assailant was not reported.
  • The exact date of the incident described by Il Mattino and the final judicial outcome were not established by the acquired reporting.
  • No additional independent source was available confirming the police actions beyond the cited reports.

Readers encountering summaries of violence at Villa Betania should therefore check whether they refer to the incident connected to the reported dispute over a blood draw or to the separate July 2021 case.