First day of Fadoi and Animo prevention, long queues for screening in Piazza Nettuno

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The Bologna Local Health Authority also takes part in the first national Prevention Day, organized by doctors and nurses from Fadoi and Animo. Long queues in Piazza Nettuno, where Internal Medicine specialists, supported by nursing staff, are available to citizens until 6pm for an assessment of their state of health. Tests and analyzes that are used to early intercept any risks of cardiovascular diseases, arterial hypertension, dyslipidemia, diabetes, obesity, chronic bronchitis, infections.

Forty doctors and nurses

There are 40 professionals, including internal medicine doctors and nurses, who are available to the people of Bologna. One of them is Elisabetta Romboli, Director of the Internal Medicine department of San Giovanni in Persiceto, in the Bologna area. “Faddoi and Animo, the federation of Italian internal medicine doctors, take to the streets in the main Italian squares for cardiovascular prevention – he explains -. Internal medicine opens up to the territory. Here we take the main parameters, cholesterol, blood sugar and do health education and we give advice to citizens to improve their lifestyle through a healthy diet” and identifying strategies and paths for leading an active life and/or quitting smoking.

Focus on prevention

He is also on the front line for prevention Stefano Alvergna, scientific director of the Fadoi Foundation. “The internal medicine doctors of our hospitals are on the front line because prevention must return to occupy a leading place within the national health system – he explains – because every euro invested in prevention has a return of three times as much both in terms of health of citizens and with respect to the costs of the health service”.

Words he also echoes Andrea Longanesi, health director of the Bologna Local Health Authority. “We always aim for prevention – he underlines – we must convince citizens to implement a whole series of measures to avoid diseases, among which cardiovascular diseases are the main cause of death. Even in Emilia-Romagna, in line with the rest of the country, these pathologies account for approximately 20% of the causes of death”.