«The response of the Regional Council to my question on the funds intended for the redevelopment of the former hospital of San Marco Argentano, rather than providing clarity, offers a very contradictory picture. On the one hand, the Region continues to maintain that the planning includes a spoke Community House; on the other hand, he admits that the financing of the Casa della Salute, necessary to modernize and adapt the building, has been lost and that new financial coverage does not yet exist. In the meantime, the documents of the ASP of Cosenza seem to outline a different organisation, which excludes the San Marco Community House from the territorial network. Citizens have the right to know what the truth is.” This is what the regional councilor and secretary of the police commissioner, Ferdinando Laghi, says.
The rebound of responsibility on definancing
«The Region also places the responsibility for the defunding on the ASP, while the Company claims that the intervention was too complex to be carried out. An unconvincing explanation in light of the feasibility study prepared by Asp itself. If, therefore, the project was unfeasible, why was it considered valid for years? If, however, it was feasible, who is responsible for the failure to start the work and the loss of the 8 million euros?”
The request for discussion and public transparency
«The method is also not acceptable. Choices that affect the future of local healthcare – underlines the regional councilor – are made without real discussion with local institutions and without adequate information for citizens. Enough of the bouncing of responsibility between entities – concludes Ferdinando Laghi –. Region and ASP report publicly on the future of the San Marco Argentano garrison and restore to citizens, together with the right to health, the transparency that the case demands”.