Arcigay Salerno “Marcella Di Folco” intervenes an alleged and reported case of homophobia at “Ruggi”learned from the weekly columns “The Express”to the detriment of medical residents.
“Rich people are all the rage in America. Here men and women exist, binaries do not exist. Everyone in there, in the crematorium in Cava de’ Tirreni and we solved the problem” would be one of the phrases reported by l’Espresso and attributed to Director of a Specialization School of the University of Salerno.
“The young specialists record these speeches, tired of constant harassment, threats and a less than professional climate – they explain from Arcigay -. This is just one of the terrible sentences that, as we learn from the weekly, they have been recording for months. Insulting, offensive and vexatious phrases from the teacher. To these sentences have been added oppressive behaviors reported in the recordings and of which the residents’ association acted as spokesperson and then addressed the national newspaper”.
“We learn with dismay that there are still people who engage in such atrocious attitudes and behaviors – he comments Francesco Napoli, Commissioner Arcigay Salerno – especially within the National Health Service and towards people in training. Homophobic phrases that delegitimize the hospital, where we have repeatedly reported cases of discrimination without receiving any feedback or action, and the medical profession itself. If the events emerging from the recordings reported by the weekly magazine were to be ascertained, we imagine that out of dignity the Hospital Company and the Medical Association should intervene promptly. In addition to the homophobic and violent phrases, the behavior of the head physician, as reported, appears oppressive and abusive which leads us even more to think that any responsibilities must be ascertained and measures taken to protect the psychological well-being of the trainees“.
“The data that emerges, bitter, once again is the pervasiveness of creeping homophobiawhich pervades every area of relationships and in front of which silence continues to be an insurmountable wall – Naples continues -. We need victims to start reporting, only in this way can the institutions wake up from their torpor. We await the General Management of Ruggi, we await the Mayor and the institutions. Let’s see if anyone, at least this time, will feel the duty to strike a blow“.
