The reform of local healthcare is progressing slowly. According to the latest Gimbe report, 79 community homes have been planned, but only a little over half (41) have at least one active service. 33 hospitals are planned, with only 2 (6%) having at least one active service.
"Four years after the adoption of Ministerial Decree 77, the reform is progressing slowly, with marked regional inequalities," explains President Nino Cartabellotta. "Strengthening local healthcare is key to decongesting hospitals and emergency rooms and ensuring local healthcare. However, official data paint a worrying picture: with the exception of the Local Operations Centers, just a few months before the deadline, we are far from reaching the European target."
In short, we risk having to repay the non-repayable grant, widening the already large inequalities between North and South, setting up a series of empty boxes and leaving digitalization incomplete, thus wasting a unique opportunity to make a definitive leap in quality.
The unions are critical. Regional secretaries of CGIL, Fausto Durante, CISL, Pier Luigi Ledda, and UIL, Fulvia Murru, who recently met with President and Health Councilor Alessandra Todde, warn that a change of pace is urgently needed.
A statement signed by the M5S states that "concrete progress on Community Homes and Hospitals is accelerating rapidly."
Cristina Cossu's full article in L'Unione Sarda is now available.
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