San Giovanni in Fiore despairs after the death of the 48-year-old and foams with anger: “We are all Serafino Congi” PHOTO

Today’s leaden sky portended melancholy and despondency. And thereThe announced torchlight procession did not disappoint, because practically the whole of San Giovanni was present at the procession for Serafino and the right to health. No fewer than 8 thousand people anxiously participated in “following” a large, pure white sheet which contained the writing: “We are all Serafino”. That the impressive torchlight procession was attended as never before, to say no to these incredible deaths, as happened to the unfortunate Serafino Congi 48 years old, who died in an ambulance last Saturday, after a 3-hour wait because Suem 118 didn’t have a doctor, the leaders of the Bruzia Police Headquarters had also intuited this, to the point that to “escort” the torchlight procession The commissioner of the Cosenza state police Francesco Gagliardi was involved, who gracefully coordinated all the other law enforcement agencies: carabinieri, finance, provincial and local police. A snake never seen before in the city. A silent gasp echoed by the background music of The Dorf, of the type “Senza di Te Insieme a Te”, referring to Serafino who loved those songs. Then the most poignant moment when the procession stopped in front of the parents’ house, in via Gramsci a little further down where the then Finance Brigade was located until a few years ago. A torment. With a burst of clapping that made everyone cry: boys, ladies, doctors, pensioners, university students, workers. Everyone! Everyone was there at this torchlight procession which will remain in the city’s history, whose echoes of Serafino’s death resonated throughout the country. Few words. Only a few messages of affection and hope in the messages of the one who led the procession: Maria Teresa Barberio, at the top of one of the many associations that spontaneously promoted Serafino’s procession: “Fiori-florensi, Jure Vetere, Gli Spontanei , Proloco, Silana FC, Manifesto del Gioco, Eihartè, Yairaiha onlus, Florense Primavera, Misericordia di Cerenzia, Third millennium, Women and rights”, to still others. A step back, as it should be, was taken by the parties, politicians and administrators: including the mayor Succurro who was present in the crowd, to concretely demonstrate that healthcare must not have political colors and must unite everyone so that The city hospital must guarantee emergencies and LEAs. An emotional procession that included everyone, including the Church, the one that preached the late Father Antonio Pignanelli on the front line for the opening of the hospital, and the one today that remembers Monsignor Carlo Arnone, who with one of his notes encouraged the torchlight procession , because «An excellent initiative, promoted by all local associations, in order to promote greater commitment from the authorities so that they do not let our citizens die in ambulances, without medical and paramedical personnel».