No orthopedist in the evenings and on holidays in Gela, a city of 75 thousand inhabitants, not even a surgeon at night and on days marked in red. A road accident was enough to reveal all the flaws in a healthcare system that is going haywire. A 20-year-old girl was seriously injured: a displaced fracture of the femur and elbow, as well as a lesion of the sacrum. So far the medical situation, then the drama: no orthopedist in the ward to align the leg, nor therefore the possibility of hospitalization. Thus the transfer to the Caltanissetta hospital was arranged. But here too there was no admission to orthopedics due to lack of beds: the woman remained in the emergency room waiting for some places to become available. A road accident in a large city was enough to highlight what is wrong with the organization of work in a hospital where there is a lack of staff and what is there is not called upon to guarantee continuous assistance at night and on holidays. (SicilyNews)
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No orthopedist in the evenings and on holidays in Gela, a city of 75 thousand inhabitants, not even a surgeon at night and on days marked in red. A road accident was enough to reveal all the flaws in a healthcare system that is going haywire. A 20-year-old girl was seriously injured: a displaced fracture of the femur and elbow, as well as a lesion of the sacrum. So far the medical situation, then the drama: no orthopedist in the ward to align the leg, nor therefore the possibility of hospitalization. Thus the transfer to the Caltanissetta hospital was arranged. But here too there was no admission to orthopedics due to lack of beds: the woman remained in the emergency room waiting for some places to become available. A road accident in a large city was enough to highlight what is wrong with the organization of work in a hospital where there is a lack of staff and what is there is not called upon to guarantee continuous assistance at night and on holidays. (SicilyNews)
