Clarify as soon as possible on the sad case of Falerna and open a series reflection on the future of the medical guards in the Calabrian territories: these are the objectives of a question that the regional councilor of Calabria Ernesto Alecci He presented to the President of the Calabria Region and Commissioner ad acta for healthcare Roberto Occhiuto.
“According to the reconstructions of the press and the statements of the mayor Francesco Stellathe episode of the death of an inhabitant of the Tyrrhenian town, which took place in the square after not having found the medical staff in charge of presiding over the city medical guard structure, is really difficult to accept for the entire community. A serious fact – said Alecci – that we do not know if it could be avoided (certainly does not have this evaluation to us!) And that certainly deserves scrupulous insights in the search for any managers. But which must necessarily start a serious reflection on what is the design that the commissioner structure intends to put on the ground in relation to medical guard services and territorial health, also to avoid similar events in the future “.
According to Alecci “there are many mayors and local administrators concerned about any cuts to this type of health services and services, and above all in the innermost areas, far from the capitals and large hospitals, you can breathe a very heavy air of abandonment and waiting, as I could attest to the recent inspections made. On many territorial services weighs the chronic absence of adequate staff and instruments. As I said several times, the cut of the medical guards would today represent yet another hard blow for a regional health system already marked by very serious structural deficiencies. The time has come to give concrete answers to Calabrian citizens “.