Morning of inaugurations in San Giorgio su Legnano with thenaming of two streets after the citizens of San Giorgio Vignati and Gabriella Consortipreceded by the cutting of the ribbon for a new defibrillator in the park in via Ragazzi del ’99 in memory of Giovanna Lionzo.
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The new defibrillator
The one inaugurated today, Sunday 5 May, it is the 14th defibrillator for the country. «San Giorgio – underlined the mayor Claudio Ruggeri – is particularly protected by AEDs: we started many years ago thanks to a good push we received to be able to equip our town with people who were able to use AEDs and then also with stations themselves”. The last inauguration of a defibrillator, positioned on the gate of the parish church in via Romadates back to December 2023. «We are well covered – added the mayor -, but it is never enough: for this reason it is important to have people trained in using this deviceeven if the latest generation AEDs are simple to use.”
The inauguration of the new station was possible thanks to Niccolò Paganini music school which donated the defibrillator, to the municipal administration and to the “60milavitedasalvare ODV” association. Some volunteers from the association were present at the event and explained its use. «It is a fully automatic defibrillator– explained the president Mirko Jurinovich – which differs from the semi-automatic one present mainly in the Alto Milanese area due to the lack of shock delivery buttonto use it you simply need to turn it on, apply the two stickers to the patient’s chest, wait for the analysis and then the discharge which occurs automatically.”
It is important to remember that thanks to law 116 of 2021 any citizen is authorized to use the defibrillator if necessary precisely by virtue of its simplicity and safety of use. «The widespread presence of these devices in the streets of the town – said Jurinovich – makes the health of citizens increasingly safe and cardioprotected, so a big thank you for the donation».
Also present at the event was Fabio Poretti from the Niccolò Paganini music school. «For our part – said Poretti – It is a pleasure to be able to donate this device in memory of Giovanna Lionzoa wonderful person and educator with whom we worked, who unfortunately is no longer here. With this inauguration I like to say that we will remember her forever».
The memory of Mirella Cerini
The thought of the passing of Mirella Cerini, mayor of Castellanza who passed away on Thursday 25 April while she was at work in “her” municipality. «I cannot help but remember – the words of mayor Ruggeri – the recent case of the mayor of Castellanza Mirella Cerini who had a cardiac arrest when she was aloneapparently he had no pathologies.”
Fabio Poretti has personally experienced the use of a defibrillator. «Having been there – said Poretti – I guarantee you that It is very important to listen to all the signals that our body gives us first and, when in doubt, it is always better to undergo tests. The mayor had also felt ill that morning but thought it was just a little weight on her stomach.”
A street named after Maria Vignati
Immediately after the inauguration of the new DAE station, thenaming of a street after Maria Vignatiborn in San Giorgio su Legnano and known in the village as “Maria piasora” or “Maria dei cartooni”. The new name was decided by the council in order to identify the road connecting via Ragazzi del ’99 and the via del Campaccio roundaboutin continuity with via Forlì in the Canegrate area.
Maria Vignati is known by all Sangiorgersi for her charitable commitment: in fact, she was responsible for the creation of a business for the recovery of old iron, paper, cardboard and other items to raise money to be allocated to the needs of the native missionary nuns of San Giorgio. Maria Vignati continued this activity for more than 20 years despite her health problems. «This inauguration It has a very high symbolic value – underlined the mayor -. To tell the truth, you have many, such as the fact that it is a street dedicated to a woman, from Sangiorgese, from the people, and who made her simplicity an extraordinary thing.”
«The proximity of this street to the waste collection center – added Ruggeri – has pushed us to make some reflections for years. It was a street that still didn’t have a name and we thought of naming it after her because she was a person who gave so much to San Giorgio. In her work she silently did what no one else had begun to understand was useful: the fact of manage waste so that it becomes a support for “higher” thingssuch as the help to the missionary nuns of San Giorgio”.
Some of Maria Vignati’s family members were also present at the naming of the street. «I am excited and proud of this – said Giovanni, one of Maria’s nephews – because I would never have thought that my aunt had a street in San Giorgio».
A street named after Gabriella Consorti
Gabriella Consorti, the town’s historic midwife who passed away in 2007, moved to San Giorgio su Legnano in the 1950s and became the town’s midwife. A street has been dedicated to her in her “her” city as a deserving person for her professional commitment. «San Giorgio did not yet have two streets dedicated to two women – underlined Mayor Ruggeri -, and above all not to two women from San Giorgio who were recognized for their simplicity and their work».
The naming of the street after Gabriella Consorti was necessary in order to proceed with the numbering of the accesses of the newly built properties which overlook the road which continues via Don Bosco after the intersection with via Marzabotto, next to the cemetery square and allowed to remember the work of those who carry out a healthcare profession and are committed to helping others. «Gabriella was a midwife for many years – was the mayor’s thought – and then she also worked in the San Giorgio clinic and her closeness in the most important moment for people, which is their birth, and the support for mothers at this important moment it gives us the opportunity to remember all those who work in healthcare and dedicate this path to all of them».
