Participation, involvement and intentions to network: these were some of the moments characterizing the Catanzaro stage of the “Giro d’Italia of pediatric palliative care “. The initiative, organized byProvincial order of the nursing professions (OPI) of Catanzaroyesterday animated the conference room MUSMI of Mediterranean biodiversity park “Michele Traversa”as part of the important national campaign promoted by Italian Society of Palliative Care (SICP), from the “Maruzza Foundation” and from the informal network of the “lovers of pediatric palliative care”.
An essential meeting for the community and professionals
The event, entitled “Giro after lap: palliative care bring hope and breath“, he represented an intense day of training And information On a theme as delicate as it is essential for health and society. The event involved a heterogeneous public, including health professionals (nurses, pediatric nurses, surgeons, psychologists), students, volunteersand representatives of the political and ecclesiastical world.
The goal was to create a shared moment of reflection, update And awareness on the importance and application of palliative care. Among the most characterizing proposals the day, that of insisting on the overall work and, in the wake of the official theme of the “Giro”, try to convince the communities to become “palliatives”.
As he remembered Claudia Preite Martinezresponsible for the Giro project and member of the “Maruzza Foundation”, «citizens must acquire awareness of the decision of the palliative care pediatric, who are not only a therapeutic approach, but a real multidisciplinary support aimed at improving the quality of life of patients with incurable diseases and their families ».
A different mental approach, therefore, that the president Opi Catanzaro, Giovanna Cavalierehe has transferred to his words: “During the conference moment – he highlights – the proposal to establish a specific and specific technical table in the scientific societies, among which the SIP and the Siarti, of which operators are actually active in the area in the area of palliative care, has been advanced. Among others, the doctor Daniela Concolinodirector of the SOC of specialist Pediatrics and rare diseases at the “Dulbecco” company in Catanzaro and professor of pediatrics at the Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, made the commitment to contribute effectively to the establishment of the working group “.
Speaking of the territory, in the message sent by General Antonio Battistini, extraordinary commissioner of the Asp of Catanzaro, has hoped that “the field experiences with strength with the urgency to develop and safeguard with conviction and continuity the culture and practice of palliative care, still too marginal but absolutely central to the dignity of people in the terminal phase of life”.
Dr. Simona Carbone, extraordinary commissioner of the university hospital “R. Dulbecco”, also enriched the discussion by relying on the message in which he hoped for “the strengthening of multisectoral synergy so that pediatric palliative care find ever greater and concrete feedback”.
From one message to another: like the video of the archbishop of Catanzaro – Squillace Msgr. Claudio Maniago. “What must never abandon us – underlined the prelate – is the hope that leverages the idea, Christian and medical, that there are no incurable and incurable diseases. That’s why families should not be left alone. The institutions and the community must push in this direction ».
We point, therefore, on the territory. Giusy Iemmadeputy mayor of Catanzaro, recalled how “the city has always been ready to implement the requests for help and support for those who need it”.
The active participation and the interest shown during the day, especially in the initial walk that was the setting for the torch with the logo of the “Giro” brought to the Sala da Flici and cheerful children, confirmed the growing need to openly face the theme of the palliative carepromoting knowledge and access.
THE’Opi catanzaro It expresses great satisfaction with the success of the event, which has contributed to strengthening awareness on the fundamental role of palliative care in guaranteeing dignity And quality of life to patients and their family members. The commitment of theOpi catanzaro And of the national partners continues, making an appointment at the 2026 edition with the aim of supporting the development of increasingly qualified services and spreading a culture of care and accompaniment that plays the person in the center.