“The government activates to reduce the waiting lists of the Calabria health service as soon as possible, currently more and more kilometer and with already unacceptable times that stretch outdated”. The senator asks for Nicola IrtoSecretary of the PD Calabria, with his question aimed at the Ministers of Health and Economy, “once again urged – is written in a note – to take on urgent initiatives to protect the right of Calabrian citizens to diagnosis and care”.
In the question, Irto denounced “frightening numbers”: reservations for colonoscopies and cardiological visits “with a year of waiting, while to obtain a urological examination you can even wait 15 months”. Meanwhile, explains Senator Dem, “the flow of the sick to the health structures of the North generates a passive mobility that has risen for some years and has now exceeded 300 million euros per year against the regional budget”.
«The most fragile bands, especially the elderly and non -self -sufficient people, are the first – says Irto – to pay the price of this system inefficient and unbalanced, that no propaganda of the center -right can hide. For almost 15 years Calabria has been commissioned for healthcare, but the situation continues to worsen ». «The right to health must be guaranteed to everyone, as required by the Constitution, regardless of the postal code. The government – concludes the secretary of the PD Calabria – has a duty to act immediately, without further postponements ».