BRINDISI – “Still nothing on interventional radiology at Perrino in Brindisi. Yet they had to reactivate it and solve the problem 108 days ago. And instead we continue to only have a protocol for transporting patients to the hospitals of Lecce and Taranto, also putting the DEA of Lecce and Taranto in crisis.” Thus the regional councilor Fabiano Amati who adds: “The protocol has also been contested by all interventional radiologists and emergency experts, because it is not clear what happens to the non-transportable patients from Brindisi. Yet it would be simple: an inter-company measure, with compensation, to temporarily bring some interventional radiologist to Brindisi, capable of training the radiologists currently in service or about to be hired; a corporate organizational measure, in excerpt, to establish the complex operational unit of interventional radiology, eliminating one of the many useless ones in operation, so as to also make the Brindisi headquarters attractive. And if interventional radiology cries, diagnostic radiology doesn’t laugh. We are awaiting the hiring of postgraduates, apparently prevented by the University of Bari, despite having received reassurance of a prompt solution from both the Rector and the General Director. But I no longer want reassurances from press releases, accompanied by photo opportunities; This is not how healthcare is done. I only want certainties about the service that works, because it is the only fact that coincides with people’s health.”
