A forty -year story that came out only in recent days following the news of the possible recovery of the renovation of the old hospital in Vaccarella decided by the ASP thanks to the funds of the PNRR. A story that, however, not even the inspection of the leaders and technicians of the health company has brought to light. The residents of the seaside village re -emerged, those who now have white hair, witnesses of a past that has been forgotten by most. The jars, which are defined as the “picciriddi nta Boccia”, the “children in the bowl”they retain the fetuses immersed in the formalin and sealed inside glass jars during the years of activity of the hospital that ceased the activity in the early 1970s.
These containers were (now mainly they have been destroyed) preserved in what The mortuary of the hospital structure was considered. A room that has undergone the damage of degradation and bad weather so much so that the sheet metal cover no longer exists. But In some jars are still seen, “safeguarded” from the chemical solution, some almost immaculate bodies, except for the color of the skin. It is clear – and this point we believe it is the most important problem – that it will be necessary to proceed with the removal and disposal that cannot obviously take place in order of regime also because the “formalin”, the liquid used to preserve the fetuses – is considered substance Toxic. Not only that. Now that the situation has returned to the current it will be necessary to accelerate this disposal phase since inside that room dogs and cats have free access with all the consequences that it is easy to imagine. And in this perspective Dr. Giuseppe Cuccìmanager of the ASP, who said he was not aware of this situation, assured that he will start the appropriate checks to evaluate the interventions to be adopted.
