{"id":83425,"date":"2025-08-20T22:07:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T22:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/83425\/"},"modified":"2025-08-20T22:07:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T22:07:10","slug":"outrage-in-italy-after-medical-staff-seen-discarding-israeli-made-teva-medications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/83425\/","title":{"rendered":"Outrage in Italy after medical staff seen discarding Israeli-made Teva medications"},"content":{"rendered":"

A doctor and a nurse in Italy are facing backlash after filming themselves throwing away Teva Pharmaceuticals products in protest against Israel<\/a>. The video, posted on social media, sparked outrage as anti-Israel sentiment grows in Italian public discourse<\/a>. Dr. Rita Segantini and nurse Giulia Checcacci later issued a clarification: \u201cWe apologize to anyone offended by the video. It was a symbolic gesture for peace. We did not actually throw away any medicine.\u201d<\/p>\n

An Italian doctor and nurse throw Teva products in the garbage<\/p>\n

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The two work at a community hospital in Pratovecchio Stia, near Arezzo in Tuscany. It is unclear whether the footage involved empty boxes or real medication, or whether the products were personally owned or belonged to the regional health authority. Their employment at a public facility intensified criticism online, with some users accusing them of destroying life-saving drugs.<\/p>\n

Segantini works as a family doctor under contract with the regional health authority, while Checcacci is employed through a private contractor. \u201cThey\u2019re laughing, filming themselves on the job, in uniform, tossing things in the trash,\u201d one commenter wrote. Another said: \u201cWe pay taxes for these drugs, and they treat them like garbage for social media likes.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Dr. Rita Segantini and nurse Giulia Checcacci throw Teva products in the garbage in protest of Israel <\/p>\n

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On the X platform, one user called it \u201ca national disgrace,\u201d writing: \u201cThis is not free expression\u2014it\u2019s fanaticism. Anyone who throws away life-saving drugs should not wear a medical uniform.\u201d Another added: \u201cI hope you never need one of Israel\u2019s life-saving medical inventions.\u201d<\/p>\n

Deborah Bergamini, a lawmaker from the Forza Italia party and deputy vice president of the party, condemned the act as \u201cideological activism\u201d and urged health officials to investigate and take disciplinary measures. Italy has seen a rising wave of anti-Israel incidents<\/a> both online and in public spaces in recent months.<\/p>\n

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Dr. Rita Segantini and nurse Giulia Checcacci display Teva medications in a video on social media <\/p>\n

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The Southeast Tuscany Health Authority said it has launched an internal inquiry and \u201creserves the right to take all necessary steps to protect its reputation and the professionalism of its staff.\u201d It stressed that the filming took place inside hospital facilities without approval.<\/p>\n

In a follow-up video, the doctor and nurse apologized again: \u201cIt was a symbolic gesture for peace. We never intended to hurt anyone or involve our employer. We are truly sorry.\u201d Segantini added that the items were not medicines purchased by the health authority but free samples\u2014such as wet wipes and supplements\u2014that were placed in the trash \u201cbut immediately removed.\u201d She insisted the recordings were made outside working hours.<\/p>\n

Teva, though founded in Israel and still maintaining operations there, is a global pharmaceutical company traded on Wall Street<\/a> and serving hundreds of millions of patients worldwide. It manufactures a range of products, including life-saving drugs, with production facilities also located in Italy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A doctor and a nurse in Italy are facing backlash after filming themselves throwing away Teva Pharmaceuticals products…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":83426,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[64,63,137,490],"class_list":{"0":"post-83425","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-medication","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-health","11":"tag-medication"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83425"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83425\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}