"It's a disaster, a real disaster," says Daniela Falconi, president of the National Association of Italian Municipalities (ANCI) and mayor of Fonni. "There are no general practitioners in our towns. It's not just Gavoi that offers special benefits to those who choose to practice there; many municipalities offer clinics and accommodations free of charge. We've granted the Local Health Authority (ASL) a thirty-year concession on a building, with the commitment to provide a range of healthcare services, such as a pediatrician, which, in any case, isn't there."
The deficit
The lack of basic healthcare affects many of the island's centers. An estimated 450 doctors are missing, about a third of the workforce. This means, on the one hand, that more than 400,000 residents are unemployed. On the other, doctors in service must handle a workload 30-40% higher than contractual standards, with daily workloads that are clinically and bureaucratically intensive.
Gavoi
Free housing and a comfortable clinic are available for doctors who decide to move to Gavoi. At the end of the year, those who have been working for over forty years will retire, and the administration led by Mayor Salvatore Lai is taking steps to address potential shortages and is publishing a resolution encouraging the arrival of new specialists.
All the details in the articles by Cristina Cossu and Giorgio Ignazio Onano in L'Unione Sarda on newsstands and in Unione Digital
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