ASK. Sexual harassment of a patient and corruption for 20 thousand euros, these are the charges against the professor Joseph Sabatino, professor at the University of Annunzio of Chieti and head of neonatology at the Colle dell'Ara hospital. The investigation starts from a complaint for alleged sexual abuse committed by the 64-year-old professor during a medical visit in hospital. The telephone interceptions following this first complaint allowed the carabinieri to discover an alleged episode of corruption, in which the corruptors would be three informants who work for a pharmaceutical company, as well as another from a second company. Both houses allegedly paid or promised to pay a bribe of 10,000 euros in exchange for the prescription to Professor Sabatino's patients of particular brands of powdered milk and food supplements for their children. Prize trips were also promised to the professoror.
TOTHE DOMICILIARIES. Since this morning, Professor Sabatino has been under house arrest. Same precautionary measure for Marco D'Errico of Rome, but originally from Lecce, Gabriel Bellia of San Vittore Olona (Milan), as well as Luigi Leccese And Antonio De Panfilis, both from Pescara. Another 10 doctors reported, from various Italian locations (provinces of Taranto, Bari, Potenza, Pescara and Teramo), against whom elements have been collected which are the subject of further investigations, to assess responsibility towards them with the help of the agents of area. The operation is coordinated by the Chieti prosecutor's office and the ordinances were carried out in 8 provinces of 4 regions (Lazio, Abruzzo, Puglia and Lombardy) by the carabinieri of the Nas of Pescara, with the coordination of the regional commander Marcellus Sciarappa, still at the forefront despite his position as new administrative director of the health authority of the province of L'Aquila. the investigating judge, Paolo Di Geronimo, has already set the guarantee interrogations for the end
