“We have been trying to speak to the health director for ten days, but without results“. The doctors of the hyperbaric chamber ofCaserta hospital they are worried, they don’t know what to respond to patients that they still have long cycles of therapy to be done. Emergencies arrive in this department, for those at risk of prosthetics, those with infections, those suffering from sudden deafness. Treatment in many cases can be life-saving or at least greatly improve the quality of their life. The Caserta hyperbaric chamber was a landmark for those from Molise toAbruzzo does not have similar therapies in the area, but also for those from Lazio who are unable to benefit from the treatment due to the months-long waiting lists at the CUP. The suspension of the service in Caserta leaves in limbo a portion of patients who have simply been told to book treatment in other facilities. An answer that does not take into account the crowding of the other hyperbaric chambers present in Campania (even the entire province of Benevento does not have one) and communications already received from the managers of other structures. “At the moment we are not able to welcome any patients who would arrive from Caserta” says the head of oxygen therapy at Avellino.
The internal circular from the Caserta hospital company arrived suddenly, less than two weeks after the interruption of service. From June 15th they will be oxygen therapy services suspended and work will begin on the 17th demolition of that area, to make room for the hospital’s expansion works, thanks to Pnrr funds. “Without the hyperbaric chamber treatment I can’t even put my foot on the ground. I risk the prosthesis.” Antea, a young patient, knows that in Rome they won’t take her into care before August or September, she who gives Cassino every day she was guaranteed treatment in Caserta. “These are daily treatments, I can’t stop them for two months“. Antea leaves the Caserta hospital, his ticket has an end, June 14th, after this date his fate, like those of many other patients, is uncertain.
