The government gives the go-ahead to assign the roles of general director of the companies and bodies of the regional health service.
The council, on the proposal of the Health Councilor Giovanna Volo, confirmed the roles of the former extraordinary commissioners, with the exception of that of the ASP of Catania, Giuseppe Laganga Senzio.
Consequently, Ferdinando Croce remains in office at the ASP of Trapani, Daniela Faraoni at the ASP of Palermo, Giuseppe Cuccì in Messina, Giuseppe Capodieci in Agrigento, Salvatore Lucio Ficarra in Caltanissetta, Mario Carmelo Zappia in Enna, Giuseppe Drago in Ragusa, Alessandro Caltagirone in Syracuse.
These, however, are the managers of the hospital companies: in Palermo, Walter Messina at the Arnas “Civico” and Roberto Colletti at the “Villa Sofia-Cervello” combined 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.
Within 15 days of signing the contracts, the new managers will have to proceed with the appointment of the health and administrative directors, already selected by the Region.
Regarding the new contract scheme, it is expected that, within thirty days of taking office, the general managers will prepare a specific operational plan for governing and recovering the 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.
