"In Sardinia? Better not to get sick." Giorgio Pia, historical head of the emergency room at the Santissima Trinità in Cagliari, often said this in moments of despair, when he saw that the system was unable to guarantee care to patients.
If he were still alive he would have yet another demonstration of the fact that his bitter sarcasm was too much on target. Sardinians living in the southern part of the island who discover they have diabetes know this well.
After having made the first psychological calculations of the disease they will be forced to book the first visit. Response from the Cup: first availability in July 2026 at the Senorbì polyclinic. Alternatives? Subsequent ones, always and only in Senorbì.
Because the active Diabetology departments in Cagliari are saturated (in Sardinia diabetics are estimated to be around 110 thousand, in addition to tens of thousands who do not know they are diabetic) and are not accepting additional patients.
