They allegedly mistreated and committed abuse, including sexual abuse, against 25 women with psychiatric problems admitted to a social-health facility.
With these serious accusations - in addition to that of kidnapping - 15 employees of the "Don Uva" residence in Foggia were arrested: they are health workers, nurses and auxiliaries.
Another 15 people are under investigation, reached by precautionary measures such as the obligation to stay and the prohibition of approaching the victims.
As mentioned, the victims of harassment and violence are 25: patients who are in conditions of incapacity and/or physical or mental inferiority hospitalized in the long-term female psychiatry ward and are all between 40 and 60 years old.
The investigations, coordinated by the Foggia prosecutor's office, and conducted by the Carabinieri Investigative Unit and the Nas, were launched last summer.
In addition to the homes of the 30 suspects, the offices and premises of the health facility were also searched, the management of which, however, is not being investigated.
(Unioneonline/lf)
