The Misericordie of Sardinia are asking the Region for clarification regarding the suspension of contributions to volunteer organizations for the purchase of ambulances.
President Giovanni Mura sent a letter to President Alessandra Todde, Health Councilor Armando Bartolazzi, Regional Council Health Commission Chair Carla Fundoni, and, for information, Areus Special Commissioner Angelo Serusi: what happened, he asks, to the funds earmarked for non-profit organizations providing assistance to the sick, as provided for by law since 1988? "They've been frozen for two years," Manca explains.

The grant, although reduced over the years to a bare minimum, with a 20% purchase percentage of emergency vehicles and only 10 units per year, "proved to be a fundamental tool for enabling third sector organizations affiliated with Areus to maintain the stringent requirements for emergency vehicles under the current agreement for basic emergency services."
The agreement is already considered "completely inadequate for operational needs and, above all, non-compliant with third sector legislation, which would require different and far higher financial parameters than those currently provided."

But if we add to this problem the failure to provide contributions , "sustaining the service and complying with the agreement itself become truly impossible."
Manca concluded by calling for "immediately releasing contributions for the years 2024 and 2025. Given the significant difficulty that non-profit organizations are experiencing in maintaining the Emergency and Urgent Care system, we ask that strengthening it be considered with a higher percentage of contributions and units per year, perhaps until a new contractual agreement is finalized, which will require reporting of expenses incurred for the service."

(Unioneonline/E.Fr.)