«First point, reduce the waiting lists, without forgetting the issues of the Pnrr», but before that, «listen to all the general directors of ASP and hospitals, to understand how to address the main critical issues». Thus, while awaiting the swearing-in scheduled for Wednesday afternoon at Palazzo dei Normanni, the Councilor in pectore for Health, the Forzista Marcello Caruso, breaks the self-imposed rule of silence after his appointment. It arrived last Wednesday at the end of the week of passion experienced in the centre-right for a mini reshuffle which in the end, in the relay between the “technician” Daniela Faraoni and the outgoing coordinator of Forza Italia, saw the blue flag still flying in the offices in Piazza Ziino. All of this, with all due respect to Meloni’s ambitions, which in the end preferred to keep Elvira Amata in Tourism, renouncing any claim to the highly coveted position, in the hope of seeing at least one FdI-related manager at the helm of strategic planning in a few days.
A delegation, that of Health, “as exciting as it is complex, which I will face with all possible commitment”, Caruso remarks, aware of having entered the eye of the storm, exposed on the front line to criticism from the opposition and closely observed by the allies, even if “the first to respond to will be the citizens, who rightly expect maximum efficiency from Sicilian healthcare to change the quality of their lives. I will dedicate every day of my work to them, with great attention and respect.”
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