Rome Driver Faces Charges after Blocking Ambulance following Series of Attacks

A 91-year-old patient spent 30 hours on a stretcher in Palmanova as Italian emergency services struggle with severe overcrowding and rising security threats.Valter Fabrissin remained in a hospital hallway during a flu peak, while in Rome, ambulance crews reported targeted thefts and a vehicle blockade that left a driver hospitalized.Alessandro Saulini of the Fials Ares 118 union demanded the installation of dash cams to protect medical personnel following these incidents of harassment and vandalism.