Teramo – “For the umpteenth time there Teramo healthcare will pay a very high bill due to the mismanagement of this delicate sector by the regional center-right led by Marsilio and Verì”.
This was underlined by the Regional Councilor of the Democratic Party Sandro Mariani after the hearing held yesterday afternoon in the Fifth Commission (Health, Social Security, Culture, Training and Work) by the Director General Maurizio Di Giosia and the top management of Local health authority of Teramoduring which the thorny issue of the state of the accounts of the four Abruzzo local health authorities was addressed in view of the preparation of a “painful” account recovery plan which will have to be implemented at the “skin of the Abruzzo people” due to the recorded deficit in 2023 by the regional health system.
“Although in his speech Director Di Giosia claimed that the Teramo Local Health Authority is the one that has achieved the best result compared to the other provinces, with a deficit that in 2023 recorded a minus 7,749,990.93 euros caused, in his opinion, by the extraordinary events he listed, he nevertheless highlighted how some systemic and structural situations will lead, at present, to a much worse deficit for 2024 which will be around minus 28 million euros” declares Mariani. “Hearing the cold numbers of the Teramo and Abruzzo health care units, unfortunately, I can only deduce that the new regional hospital networkheralded several times by the centre-right, will no longer be feasible as it is economically unsustainable given certain circumstances accounts in the red”.
“The damage will then most likely be joined by one double insult for the citizens of Teramo” continues the Regional Councilor of the Democratic Party. “I actually asked during the Fifth Commission how do the Abruzzo Region and the Teramo Local Health Authority intend to do, with such a state of instability, to still support the “promise” of a mortgage to finance the construction of the new “Mazzini” hospital in Teramo! Of course I didn’t get any response! Absolute panic then when I asked why the Teramo Local Health Authority, with an operating loss equal to the aforementioned 7,749,990.93 euros, should be subjected to a rationalization plan like the other regional health authorities which have much worse situations given that the ASL 01 Avezzano, L’Aquila, Sulmona recorded a minus of 46,115,868.00 euros and ASL 02 Lanciano, Vasto, Chieti recorded a minus of 41,951,118.00 euros! You know what it was answer to my question? Obviously silence here too!!!”.
“Unfortunately, as always, confusion still reigns supreme regarding the state of health of Abruzzo’s healthcare accounts Our citizens will lose out who will see services decrease and will find themselves having to deal with healthcare increasingly distant from the standards of the other regions of central Italy due to centre-right mismanagement in Abruzzo” he concludes Sandro Mariani.
