The municipal council of Oristano is involved in protecting public health in the area. A motion was approved unanimously (22 votes in favour) which commits the Mayor and the Council to continue with actions and interventions towards the Region and those who govern healthcare to support the needs of the territory starting from continuity of care and general medicine and by a reorganization and innovation of social-welfare and social-health services.
The motion was signed by the councilors of the center-left minority Della Volpe, Sanna, Marchi, Marcoli, Obinu, Daga, Obinu and Federico. In short, among the requests, solutions for the recruitment of staff , the strengthening of Ascot , the voluntary reinstatement of retired doctors , the strengthening of medical guards and hospital departments and the activation of an inter-institutional roundtable for employment extraordinary in the civil service of doctors of the armed forces .
Among the critical issues highlighted in the document are the difficult situation of the San Martino hospital , afflicted by a shortage of personnel which causes a situation of constant strain , the insufficient number of general practitioners and paediatricians in the provincial territory , the emergency medical service which continues to function in fits and starts , the Ascots which open a few days a week , the long waiting times and the suspension of many services , some also linked to serious pathologies, the continuity of care reduced to a minimum which risks not ensuring the provision of the levels essential assistance.
Another sore point is the use of rented doctors , without which, however, the councilors who signed the motion point out, "we would have closed public healthcare". And then the limitation on access to medical courses , a solution defined as "a total failure", and the "Single booking center which transformed Sardinia into a single large hospital".
