Barbara Capovani, the psychiatrist who was murdered by her “highly dangerous” former patient

The beating to death of psychiatrist Barbara Capovani in Pisa (center) has caused shock in ItalySince the only suspect in the crime is one of her former patients, who had a history of violence and abuse, was considered “highly dangerous” and had threatened the doctor on her social networks.

Capovani55 years old and mother of three children, passed away this Sunday, two days after being brutally attacked in front of the hospital of Santa Chiara in Pisa by Gianluca Paul Seunga former patient who was arrested a few hours later at his home, where he attacked the officers with a crossbow loaded with darts that he kept under his bed.

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In a sign of mourning, all workers in the mental health departments of Italy will observe, at 12:00 local time (10:00 GMT), two minutes of silence and will interrupt all activities to follow the call of the Italian Society of Psychiatryshared on social networks by operators, health companies and associations working in the sector.

“The death of Barbara Capovani I am deeply sorry, the violence of which he was a victim is unacceptable. Today is a very sad day, I thank the family for having decided to donate the organs and I give them my deepest condolences. The safety of all health and social workers is particularly important to me and is a priority to which I have been committed from the beginning”assured today the Minister of Health, Orazio Schillaci.

Seung35 years old, Chinese father and Italian mother, had multiple convictions for acts of violence, including rape, and had also managed to evade some precautionary measures. Besides, had previously assaulted a doctor in the town of Viareggiowhere he resides, according to local media.

In 2019 he was treated by Dr. Capovani, who defined his personality as “narcissistic, antisocial and paranoid”.which triggered the anger of Seungwho matured his revenge in recent years, indicate the same sources.

Gianluca Paul Seung was arrested after the crime.

According to the researchers, The man went to the hospital’s psychiatric ward last Thursday to see Dr. Capovanibut she was not there, so she returned the next day to carry out the attack and the Prosecutor’s Office accuses her of premeditated murder.

The next day attacked her with an object that has never been found and the attack was captured by video surveillance cameras that allowed Seung to be identifiedwhich repeatedly hit the victim in the skull, surprising her from behind, when she was leaning over her bicycle to remove the lock at the end of her shift.

The psychiatry It is the branch of medicine most affected by episodes of violence suffered by health workers, with 34%, followed by emergencies, with 20%, according to data from the Anaao-Assomed association.

“I am willing, together with the Associations, Federations and Unions, also within the framework of the National Observatory on the safety of the health and socio-health professions, to work to identify all other possible ways and solutions to prevent all types of violence and guarantee the maximum levels of security for those who care for the health, physical and mental, of citizens”, said the minister.

Source: Elcomercio