Cittadinanzattiva APS Puglia learned in these last hours that the intensive care department of the “G. Tatarella” in Cerignola risks closure. The concern and indignation of citizens and health workers is growing by the hour. The now chronic lack of specialists is leading to a collapse. Instead of intervening to support the department it seems that the ASL FG is considering closure. This is serious news for our city and beyond. If this were to happen, the risk of the hospital being downgraded would be very high and users would also lose other services. While the progressive impoverishment of the National Health Service is being organised, the health of every citizen is under threat!
The TDM (Patient Rights Tribunal) of “CITTADINANZATTIVA CERIGNOLA” is asking for a meeting with the General Director of ASL Foggia to try to avoid by any means that the department closes. The aforementioned APS wants to make a heartfelt appeal to local, provincial and regional managers to seek adequate and timely solutions to preserve the functioning of the intensive care unit in Cerignola. Not least it should be highlighted that other departments that are involved in surgical operations on a daily basis also depend on it. “Citizens must not remain silent spectators of the disintegration of local health services! Let us all feel involved and violated in our right to treatment and health!”, concludes Margherita Setteducati, city coordinator of Cittadinanzattiva Cerignola.
