«There is a lack of certain answers about services in Fano»

FANO In terms of importance, it is the most heartfelt theme of this electoral campaign and the most debated, given that regarding healthcare neither hospital services nor have the territorial ones reached a sustainable level of quality for a city like Fano, third by number of inhabitants in the Marche and a point of reference for several inland municipalities.

Zuccatelli was there

The conference on healthcare yesterday afternoon, organized by the coalition of progressives organized by mayoral candidate Stefano Marchegiani and attended by Giuseppe Zuccatelli, former director of the Region’s health service, therefore gained interest. , former general director of Inrca, the regional councilor of the 5 Star Movement Marta Ruggeri and the confederal secretary of the CGIL of Pesaro and Urbino Vania Sciumbata; a technician, a politician, a trade unionist to examine the sector from three different points of view, although the final judgment was unanimous: in 4 years of healthcare management by the Acquaroli regional council, the inherited problems have not been resolved.

Criticism also of the centre-left

Although the centre-right was at the center of the major criticisms expressed by those in attendance, there was no lack of emphasis on the responsibilities attributed to the previous centre-left regional government. After all, citizens pay the price every day: there remains significant passive mobility, the long waiting times for diagnostic services which often force citizens to go to facilities far from their place of residence have not been resolved, Fano lacks of an RSA and centers that can relieve families from the often unbearable burden of care for Alzheimer’s and chronic pathology patients.

The technological hub

For Zuccatelli it is a serious mistake to keep the small hospitals in the hinterland active, given that a modern hospital, in order to be conveniently up to the task, must increasingly assimilate to a technological center with high quality services. Marta Ruggeri herself highlighted how in the Marche region 9.7 percent of people have given up on treatment due to the difficulty of accessing the public service and the economic non-sustainability of accessing the private one.

«With regards to the waiting lists – he highlighted – the Marche Region has not managed to spend even all the funds disbursed by the Conte Government, managing to recover only 54% of the waiting lists, 32% of the scheduled surgical admissions, the 20% performance of cancer screening, when the national average is 77%.”

The CGIL attack

Added to this was a harsh attack expressed by Vania Sciumbata on regional health policy, which, in contradiction to the stated intentions, would privilege private healthcare to the detriment of public healthcare. «The concessions made to the private clinic of Villa Fastiggi at the expense of the beds promised for Fano, which are no longer spoken of, are valid – he said –. «Starting from sharing choices, we will work – summarized Marchegiani – so that our hospital can increasingly respond to the requests of citizens both on the coast and inland».

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