Injured prison cop undergoes further surgery in Milan

(ANSA) - ROME, SEP 22 - A penitentiary police officer who was in a coma on Thursday after trying to stop an injured prison inmate from escaping from a hospital in Milan has undergone further surgery, said a bulletin from San Carlo hospital on Friday.
    Carmine Di Rosa, who was seriously injured after falling 10 m from a second-floor window while trying to catch 32-year-old Palestinian prisoner Mordjane Nazim, "underwent surgery for the stabilization of a fracture of the spine", the hospital reported.
    "The monitoring of the evolution of the injuries and the clinical-instrumental assessment continues," added the hospital.
    Di Rosa's condition remained critical. On Thursday the hospital said Di Rosa, 28, had undergone neurosurgical surgery to evacuate a cerebral haematoma and "cranial decompression and insertion of an intracranial pressure monitoring system" as a result of the fall.
    The incident took place at the San Paolo hospital in the Lombardy capital, where Nazim had been admitted the previous night after being hurt in a fight with fellow inmates at Milan's San Vittore Prison.
    The prisoner locked himself inside a bathroom before climbing out of the window and the two officers guarding him broke down the door before one of them, Di Rosa, climbed out in pursuit but then slipped and fell.
    Prison union SPP has said inmate escape attempts from hospitals are on the rise across Italy. (ANSA).