Left in the cold for hours, in the ambulance parking lot, with her little son in her arms because in the waiting room of the emergency room , at the Santa Maria Regina degli Angeli hospital in Adria (Rovigo), there was no place to wait   the result of the anti-Covid swab.

The images of the woman went around the web after she herself reported what happened on social media. In the photos we see her sitting on a chair with only a small stove next to her, and the baby wrapped in a blanket because the temperatures were very low.

«It is not in my nature to complain and expose certain problems on social networks - he writes - but I could not not publish this one. To you the considerations. This is the acceptance of the Adria Emergency Department».

Mayor Omar Barbierato immediately contacted Ulss 5 whose director, Patrizia Simionato, assured that the situation in the reception rooms of the Emergency Department of the Santa Maria Regina degli Angeli Hospital will be resolved as soon as possible. For its part, the Management of the Ulss 5 Polesana company in a note expressed indignation at what happened, and apologized to the family involved and all users. "Unfortunately, this is the result of a too rigid interpretation of the rules - underlines the press release - without taking into account the consequent effects on citizens".

The Ulss 5 company has announced that it has launched an internal investigation "aimed at verifying the responsibilities of what happened, in the certainty that it would have been enough to apply the regional directives, sending the children immediately to the pediatric area, simultaneously finding a suitable place for those waiting for 'carrying out the swab test'.

(Unioneonline/ss)