The beds are scarce, the waiting lists are endless, the emergency room suffers under loads of immense work. But at the Santissima Annunziata di Sassari , “where patients are forced to rest on stretchers”, because the rooms are not enough, “the management decides to activate a Sky Hotel business subscription to be installed in 220 rooms for a total cost of 65 thousand euros. Incredible".
The provision signed by the general manager Antonio Lorenzo Spano dates back to April. The regional councilor of the M5s, Desirè Manca, became aware of it only in these hours and decided to present a question.
“Like a house without a bed and without a kitchen but with a parable on the roof”, the pentastellata exponent bitterly jokes. He adds: "The resolution explains that the direct assignment for the subscription of Sky TV channels with the Hotel business formula, for the duration of two years, is aimed at implementing a project for the humanization of care and the improvement of environments. hospital, to increase the well-being of patients ".
In a normal situation, he argues, there would be no objection. “But in the hospital in question”, Manca points out, “there is an infinite number of elements that could really increase the well-being of patients, in particular the beds”.
The question for the President of the Region Christian Solinas is ready: "Patients in Northern Sardinia do not have the opportunity to be treated due to lack of staff, they have to wait years for a specialist visit, they have to say goodbye every day to basic health services such as psychological counseling in the hospital ”, is the conclusion,“ but they are offered pay TV service in the room. All this is surreal and shameful ”.
(Unioneonline / EF)
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