Two anesthesiologists and an accountant. A motion as a mantra: «Ingenuity finds solutions and resolves situations». Vicenza is not around the corner, the extreme tip of eastern Padania. Nine hundred kilometers from San Camillo di Sorgono, the heart of inland Sardinia. Yet, even in this medically no man's land, they, the two anesthesiologists and the accountant, from Vicenza to Mandrolisai, got there. To land on Sardinian soil they relied on their "MST Group", an acronym for Medical Support Team.
Padani in Sardinia
They founded the company some time ago, but in Sardinia they have been taking root for a few months, since Ares Sardegna, the Regional Health Company, on mandate from the regional council, decided to "rent" doctors to try to cover holes and emergencies. Only by chance is another Venetian, Annamaria Tomasella, managing the Po Valley "fall" into the land of Sardinia, head of the Sardinian healthcare system since January 1, 2022, after having led the Vicenza healthcare company in the past, again by chance and that of the Alto Vicenza area.
Ingenious at making money
Their ingenuity, that of the two anesthetists and the accountant, is simple: let's set up a company, a modest provincial limited company, and recruit doctors without borders, foreigners and others, to privately cover the gaps in the staffing of a public health system who did everything to create sinkholes in the island's hospitals. Ingenuity, in reality, is an operation with many zeros, almost a healthcare slot machine. In these parts, the Region and Ares, the "healthcare for rent" solution is quite popular. With the declared excuse that hiring doctors is the only solution, white coats without borders are multiplying from north to south of the island. Very often these are foreign doctors, Cubans and Argentinians above all, with a more than dull Italian, making the relationship with patients and colleagues daring. The company name of the Po Valley people who landed on Sardinian land is explicit: we work with contracted services offering teams of doctors at public health facilities.
