"Family doctors are the fulcrum of the new model of health care which has its basis in the investments of the NRP, with the construction of community hospitals and community homes." This was said today by the regional health councilor, Mario Nieddu , immediately after the recollection in memory of the family doctors who died due to Covid during the National Congress of family doctors of the Fimmg.

Congress that is held in Villasimius and which deals with the theme linked to the " Organizational models of the territory and Pnrr at the service of the citizen: the proposal of general medicine ". A theme heard and debated in Sardinia , especially due to the lack of professionals in the internal territories, where several countries, often distant from each other and lacking in infrastructure, can count on a single doctor. A profession, that of the general practitioner, such as the pediatrician, who plays a leading role in the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and assistance of the weakest sections of the population and which today returns to the center of the regional health system.

"Today, however, if we do not want to create cathedrals in the desert, we must seriously address the problem of the shortage of health personnel, which is also registered for general practitioners", underlined the commissioner.

"The Pnrr - explained Nieddu - is bringing important investments to Sardinia. We have approved a program worth 290 million euros for 50 community homes and 13 community hospitals , but we cannot limit ourselves to the structures. With the new government, an articulated reasoning will be needed. also on the removal of staff spending ceilings. Sardinia was among the first regions to eliminate the training funnel, increasing scholarships for specialization schools, but an extra step is needed on programming with capacity building training of the Faculties of Medicine ".

"The health services plan approved by the Region - he underlined - puts the citizen, the family and his needs at the center, anticipating the philosophy of the territorial health reform".