Posted on 08/31/2010 1:51:11 AM PDT by tlb
Italy's health minister has apologised to a woman for a fight between two doctors in the delivery room as she was about to give birth.
Laura Salpietro, 30, had her uterus removed and her baby boy suffered heart problems and possible brain damage at birth on Thursday in Messina, Sicily.
After a heated exchange of words, one of the doctors seized his colleague by the neck and shoved him into a wall, according to Mr Molonia's account to police, reports said.
The other doctor reacted by punching a window, which shattered, injuring his hand, they said.
Prosecutors have placed five doctors under investigation in total, reports also said.
The clinic, which immediately suspended the two doctors, has said there is no link between the doctors' fight and the complications.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_GQ4Y-gzBA
This is a good example of the type of care received from a government health care system. Italy has socialized medicine.
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