Cagliari's emergency rooms are at breaking point. At Brotzu, Santissima Trinità, and Policlinico, waits can exceed three hours just for triage, with interminable lines and ambulances stuck in the parking areas , unable to depart. In the city's three emergency rooms, there are 26 orange codes (meaning "possibly life-threatening"), numbers that fluctuate hourly but remain high, highlighting critical situations and overstretched hospitals.
But to get an idea of the situation at the main hospitals in the Cagliari area, just take a look at the Sardinia Region's " Emergency Room Monitor " page, which provides real-time information on the emergency room capacity of the island's facilities. The numbers paint a picture of the situation: at the Brotzu emergency room, specifically, there are 10 patients with orange codes, 8 with blue codes, 11 with green codes, and 3 with white codes. At the Duilio Casula hospital in Monserrato, the numbers are slightly different, with 7 orange codes, 22 blue codes, 5 green codes, and 1 white code, for a total of 35 people waiting. Things aren't any better at the Santissima Trinità hospital, where there are 8 orange codes, 8 blue codes, and 7 green codes.
The 118 emergency workers, along with doctors and nurses in the wards, continue to withstand the impact, sparing no effort and trying to see everyone as quickly as possible , but the situation remains chaotic. It's a classic late-August scenario : the influx of tourists, those returning from vacation, and illnesses from the intense heat are bringing the city's emergency response to its knees.
