A transfer to the helicopter of a 70 -year -old woman involved in a domestic accident in Lipari with the need to be subjected to surgery to reduce the fracture of a femur.
Nothing striking, if only the transfer to the emergency room took place yesterday morning atHospital of Sant’Agata Militellofrom where patients usually migrate to specialized structures or, unfortunately more and more frequently, even simply towards other fully operational presidia.
The reversal of course for traumatology, without prejudice to the risk levels that can be treated to the Santagatese hospital, represents one of the open possibilities with The start for about a month of the activities in agreement with the “lily” of Cefalù, including the orthopedics and traumatology with emergency emergency H24.
Episodes like that of yesterday, following a similar one in the first days of operations of the teams in Sant’Agata (where the orthopedics had remained for outpatient activities and availability, NDC) therefore represent a glimpse towards the coveted recovery of the efficiency of the garrison as a reference of the vast catchment area, alongside ordinary surgery already validly insured and to the few departments still operated.
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