A tough clash between the president of the Gallura Socio-Health Conference, Gianni Addis, and the general director of the ASL, Marcello Acciaro. Addis, mayor of Tempio, in recent days contested the reorganization of the functional roles (nursing and administrative staff) of the ASL of Olbia and Acciaro's response was polemical and harsh.
The manager invited Addis to avoid interfering in the decisions of the ASL: «It is not the first time that we have seen the mayor of Tempio Pausania and president of the socio-health conference interfering in the management activities of the ASL Gallura. It is unacceptable and inadmissible. The organization of a complex company like the health one is regulated by laws and regulations. The task falls to the company management, not to the heads or the mayors. Everyone should respect their role and carry out their work within the regulatory perimeter».
Addis spoke about the need to equip hospitals with safe and non-obsolete equipment, Acciaro responded: «I remind Mr. Addis that Ares Sardegna is responsible for purchasing this equipment, for example for the Tempio Pausania Ophthalmology Department, one of the units mentioned in his note. We have requested the equipment from Ares and when it is made available we will be able to take action to open the department. This and all the other disputes regarding Hospice, Surgical Platform, Dialysis and Diabetology fall within the management tasks of the Company Management. I remind Mr. Addis that we are operating in a context of serious staff shortages, while a 6.5 million euro cut is hanging over our heads at the Gallura ASL, which translates into 130 fewer positions for staff. I have not seen any outcry on this issue from the president of the Socio-Health Conference and there has been no interest in the matter. Perhaps he could have concentrated his efforts on this issue. The context in which we are operating is not the healthcare model to which Mr. Addis is anchored: we too would be happy to have hundreds more primary and coordinators, but the national and regional organization does not allow it. Choices must be made that the law places in the hands of the company management".
