Three Italian doctors suspended for treating patients on floor of busy A&E

Three doctors at a hospital in the Naples area of Italy have been suspended for treating A&E patients while they were lying on the floor.

Three Italian doctors suspended for treating patients on floor of busy A&E

Three doctors at a hospital in the Naples area of Italy have been suspended for treating A&E patients while they were lying on the floor.

Antonietta Costantini, manager of the public health district that includes Nola hospital, justified the suspensions, saying the doctors should have told administrators the A&E had a stretcher shortage.

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