https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A patient at a hospital in Genoa, north-west Italy, died after hospital staff allegedly pumped air into her veins instead of blood, Italian media has reported. https://www.thelocal.it/20150626/medical-staff-pumped-air-instead-of-blood-into-patient Fri, 26 Jun 2015 16:51:00 +0200 medical-staff-pumped-air-instead-of-blood-into-patient Almost 7,000 nurses - many from Southern Italy - have applied for just two jobs in the northern cities of Vicenza and Padua. The influx has sparked the anger of Veneto's president who said that priority should be given to regional applicants. https://www.thelocal.it/20140918/7000-vie-for-two-nursing-jobs-in-veneto Thu, 18 Sep 2014 14:14:00 +0200 7000-vie-for-two-nursing-jobs-in-veneto