The free screening campaign in Sassari.
Even this year, Giovanni Muraregional president of Mercyconfirms its commitment to the initiative, which will be held in Sassari, “In the field for health“. The initiative was born with the aim of addressing the serious lack of health services in the area, focusing in particular on specialist visits and thus responding to the needs of the population.
“Taking advantage of the possibility of our association to have the PASS mobile outpatient system available, the structure will be used to provide health screening activities thanks to various volunteer specialists and the collaboration of the doctors of the Local health authority 1 of Sassari – says Mura -. This 2024 edition will be the second edition considering the large participation last year. A calendar is being prepared for the days of 18, 19 And April 20th of the presence of specialists in Cardiology, Dermatology, Diabetology, Gynaecology, Ophthalmology, Pneumology and other health prevention activities which will be available in some day“.
Shelter clinics will be available in Piazzale Segni and you can access it by booking as soon as the opening of reservations is communicated. Last year, at the end of the event, the numbers of “In the Field for Health 2023” there were 31 accesses in Cardiology, 64 accesses in Dermatology, 61 accesses in Diabetology, 31 accesses in Ophthalmology and 36 accesses in Pneumology. They were also delivered 100 colorectal screening kits and around 50 bookings for mammography screening and pap tests at the booking point managed by the SC Prevention and Health Promotion ofASL Sassari.
“Compared to community needs we would have liked to do much more – underlines the president -. We know we cannot please everyone unfortunately, but if you consider that the services were provided in a manner completely free thanks to the commitment of the doctors and volunteers I think it can be considered a really good result that we hope to repeat this year”.
L’Mercy initiative it gathered great availability from the doctors, the collaboration of the Sassari Local Health Authority and then the tireless volunteers. “All the management costs which were really high, just think about the movement of the structureto the promotion of the event which must reach the people in order to achieve the result, are supported directly by the Misericordia which with the allocation of the 5×1000with two fundraising initiatives (the Breg t-shirt on the occasion of the Candelieri and the Ruseddu bauble for Christmas) to raise funds we can count on”, continues Mura.
“Definitely a nice tool to have at your disposal It costs citizens nothing is to allocate the 5×1000 during the tax return. The only commitment is to sign and enter the tax code of the association (92062060907) for the rest, this year too other fundraisers will be organized whose primary aim will be to support ‘In the field for health’, but which also have the intention of promoting the our territory and in particular our proud Sassareseria. For citizens it will be necessary to wait for the program and, where necessary, book. For us at Misericordia, a great job hit the target“.
