June 17, 2024, 4.31pm
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PALERMO – The government gives the go-ahead to assign the roles of general director of the companies and bodies of the regional health service.
The new manager contract scheme it provides for was also approvedat the behest of the President of the Region Renato Schifani, specific and concrete objectives especially on reducing waiting lists, with quarterly monitoring and annual verification of their achievement, under penalty of automatic dismissal of the general managers even after the first year of taking office.
The council, on the proposal of the Health Councilor Giovanna Volo, has confirmed in their roles the already extraordinary commissioners, with the exception of that of the ASP of Catania, Giuseppe Laganga Senzio. Management continuity will be ensured by the health director of the Etna provincial company, as required by law. Subsequently, the ordinary body of the ASP of Catania will be appointed.
Who are the general managers
These are the names and destinations of the new general directors appointed in the provincial health authorities: Daniela Faraoni at the ASP of Palermo, Giuseppe Cuccì at the ASP of Messina, Giuseppe Capodieci at the ASP of Agrigento, Salvatore Lucio Ficarra at the ASP of Caltanissetta, Mario Carmelo Zappia at the ASP of Enna, Giuseppe Drago at the ASP of Ragusa , Alessandro Caltagirone at the Asp of Syracuse, Ferdinando Croce at the Asp of Trapani.
These, however, are the managers of hospital companies: in Palermo, Walter Messina at the Arnas “Civico” and Roberto Colletti at the “Villa Sofia-Cervello” Hospitals; in Catania, Giuseppe Giammanco at the Arnas “Garibaldi” and Salvatore Emanuele Giuffrida at the “Cannizzaro”; in Messina, Catena Di Blasi at “Papardo”. In the polyclinics: Maria Grazia Furnari in Palermo and Giorgio Giulio Santonocito in Messina. Previously, Gaetano Sirna had already been appointed at the Catania Polyclinic and Maurizio Letterio Lanza at the Irccs “Bonino Pulejo” in Messina.
Schifani: “Let’s break down the waiting lists”
“Give new stability to regional public health and reduce waiting lists – says the president of the Region Renato Schifani – are two of the main commitments undertaken by my government since it took office and we are working concretely in this direction”.
“To introduceamong the objectives of the new managers, full compliance with the Regional Plan approved by the council in July last year, under penalty of revocation of the assignment, will serve to guarantee patients timely access to treatment”.
“I find it sacrosanct – added Schifani – that i managers who have responsibilities are subjected to the necessary checks of their objectives. It is our intention to give citizens qualified and rapid responses to their health needs.”
Within 15 days of signing the contracts, the new managers will have to proceed with the appointment of health and administrative directorsalready selected by the Region.
Regarding the new contract scheme, it is expected that, within thirty days of taking office, the general managers prepare a specific operational plan for governance and recovery of waiting lists which must be approved by the Health Department.
Among the new features, also the necessary achievement of one hundred percent of the actions envisaged in the timetable of the Regional Operational Plan (Por) of Mission 6 – Health of the Pnrr.
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June 17, 2024, 4.31pm
