FRANCAVILLA. «The local health authority is looking for premises to bring the vaccination service back to Francavilla». The general director of the Chieti healthcare company provides clarification Thomas Schael who, just a few days ago, had met the mayor Luisa Russo to take stock of the services available in the city. «We are looking for a solution that is sustainable, from an organizational and economic point of view, to keep all services in the city, after our local offices were put into crisis thanks to those who wanted to use means that they turned out to be a cudgel”, says Schael with reference to the requested blitz by the Nas which, at the end of February, led to the closure of the vaccination clinic present up to that moment in the Padua institute. «Responding to a request from the mayor, I asked the offices to prepare a notice for the search for premises to be rented in order to bring vaccinations back to the city, after we received yet another bitter surprise: the need for an adaptation from over 200 thousand euros to place vaccinations inside the clinic, making the activities coexist as hypothesized from the beginning. A considerable amount which is not covered in our budget and which must therefore be found through other sources of financing.” And again: «The idea of a rented space, initially not taken into consideration because it is contraindicated for a public administration, now becomes necessary for the purposes of restoring service in the city quickly». According to the director’s indications, the search for the property must be limited to the perimeter close to the former Padua area, because that will be the health center in the city, in which services will be concentrated, also integrating from an organizational point of view the new real estate unit which will be is looking for.
In the meantime, the Russian mayor comments: «I had immediately expressed doubts about the coexistence of the clinic and the vaccination center, even after hearing less than enthusiastic thoughts from those who work there. We had already suggested to the local health authority to evaluate alternative premises as is actually being done now. I want to remind you that we have always been collaborative, making municipal facilities such as Padovano or the Reuse Center available.”
