The UAP, National Union of clinics, polyclinics, institutions and private hospitals, chaired by Dr. Mariastella Giorlandino, is organizing a press conference in the Chamber of Deputies for Thursday 27 June at 4pm, to discuss the problems of Italian healthcare at the current moment, especially the light of what emerged from the Report program broadcast on 23 June.
The following topics will be covered at the conference:
– Outpatient and medical services only if authorized and adequate to the national legislation referred to in Legislative Decree no. 502/1992;
– Tariff nomenclature;
– Exit of the accredited facilities affiliated with the goods and services section and return to the health facilities;
– 200 thousand network and non-individual services for clinical pathology laboratory networks.
The statements released by the Hon. Gemmato a Report, in the episode aired on Sunday 23 June, left us completely dismayed, and in fact, despite being a pharmacist with a long history, he admitted that there is no procedure or guarantee on the tests carried out in the pharmacy, nor that there is a signature of those who carry them out.
On the contrary, the Minister of Health, being the excellent professional that he is, was astounded by this statement, knowing full well that no clinical results or reports can be released without the signature of the responsible doctor.
What happens, then, at the Ministry of Health? Does the Undersecretary not inform the Minister?
And again, the Hon. Gemmato himself, pretending to fall from the clouds, despite being aware of being the Undersecretary, argued that the sampling center/point is a medical area where rules and systems have been combined to guarantee the patient in the exercise of medical function into which the pharmacy has never entered.
With what spirit and what future procedures will citizens be protected?
What reasons will be given to ensure that pharmacies can carry out medical activities in derogation of current regulations?
How can pharmacies, without regional authorizations and requirements, remove a portion of affiliated tests from the 95 thousand laboratories present in the area without issuing a certain diagnosis of the test performed? Which, moreover, is given a greater reimbursement than that attributed to public hospitals and affiliated laboratories and clinics.
The Uap hopes that the Minister can convene the trade associations belonging to the association, to bring clarity on the state of Italian healthcare, to reiterate that any healthcare activity must be carried out by structures that are in possession of the 420 requirements referred to in Legislative Decree. Legislative Decree no. 502/1992, that competent specialists are needed and that the management of citizens’ health cannot be delegated to a pharmacist or a structure with municipal authorization.
The UAP hopes that someone will intervene to block the power of the lobbies, as well represented by the transmission of Report, but indeed many Regions of Northern Italy, not having passed the so-called Taglia Code Decree, are authorizing pharmacies to carry out diagnostic screening, recognizing funds.
For these reasons, the association asks for support from the Authorities, and in particular from the President of the Republic Mattarella, guarantor and guardian of the law and the Constitution, and announces an upcoming massive demonstration in September, awaiting a call from the Ministry of Health, which has been requested for months now, but which has not been followed up with any response.
The meeting will be broadcast live at the following address.
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