There is a lot of concern in the local branch of Ossi for the weakened welfare activities of the Hygiene and Public Health Service, due to the lack of a doctor, who has retired and not been replaced.
«Currently, the use of the service is guaranteed only on Friday morning , while on the remaining days of the week it is necessary to contact the Sassari office (near Rizzeddu) - declares the regional councilor of the Progressives, Gianfranco Satta -. Thus, the territorial assistance continuity of the service , which is essential for local communities, is essentially lacking , especially for that segment of the population that suffers from travel difficulties, such as the elderly for example".
«From what has been ascertained, the service provided at the Ossi site has always been based on efficiency , meeting the needs of the citizens of the country and neighboring ones, guaranteeing continuous, punctual services and without long waits, with courtesy and availability, maturing over time also the role of reference for other health needs, putting the citizen in contact with other ASL services», continues Satta who underlines how in the municipalities of Ossi, Tissi, Usini, Muros, Cargeghe, Florinas, Ploaghe and Codrongianos it was promoted in against the ASL number 1 of Sassari a collection of signatures to signal the difficulties suffered by the territory.
On the matter, Satta also presented a question to the President of the Region and to the Regional Councilor for Health .
«The request for clarification - concludes Satta - aims to know what are the reasons why it was decided to weaken the service, despite the fact that it is efficient and perfectly functional for the whole territory, rather accentuating that of a large urban center. Rather, the council is asked, also with a view to safeguarding small towns and fighting against depopulation, to make a commitment to keep the center fully operational , also taking the opportunity to strengthen it and thus offer the inhabitants of the area a sign of proximity and institutional attention to the protection of decentralized public services, a determining factor in the evaluation phase of permanence or housing transfer".