In the whole province of Nuoro and in that of Oristano there is no possibility of carrying out an eye examination through the ASL for the whole of 2023. For other visits, such as the specialist one on headaches, the possibility is almost nil, not only in the immediate, but also throughout 2024.
The situation in the Macomer health district, despite the launch of the Community House and Ascot, appears difficult. On the contrary, the situation is very serious, underlined on social networks by numerous patients, who denounce the impossibility of being treated without having to go to the private sector.
«We are at the usual – says Francesco Nieddu , coordinator of the Marghine Health Protection Committee – we cannot go on like this. It's outrageous. Whoever has the money turns to the private sector, pays and takes care of himself. In our area, those who can afford to go to a private facility can be counted on the fingers of their hands. Most, especially the elderly, have to give up treatment.
Yet the Local Health Authority has launched two important services, such as Ascot and the Community House. Nieddu replies: «It would seem that the problems that people report every day do not exist. Indeed, it would seem that the Macomer health district is the best of all. It's not like that. Unfortunately. In this context we note that politics, at all levels and across the board, is silent».
The Committee for the Protection of Health intends to promote an enlarged meeting , involving the mayors of the area, the various associations and also the unions, to decide on new initiatives to fight, in view of the national demonstration scheduled for early October in Rome.
Meanwhile, the ASL communicates the new hours for the doctors of the Ascot of Macomer. It starts on Monday from 14 to 20, Tuesday from 8 to 20, Thursday from 8 to 14 and Friday from 8 to 14.
