14 suspended for patient abuse

(ANSA) - Cagliari, February 15 - Police on Monday ordered 14 employees suspended from public service for six months for suspected abuse of disabled patients at a clinic in Cagliari.
    The investigation was prompted by a report from an employee at the AIAS cerebral palsy clinic in the Sardinian capital.
    The employees are suspected of maltreatment, beatings, personal injuries and failure to report malpractice.
    The investigation began in 2014 and the victims are all adult patients at the clinic.