He does not accept the accusations leveled by the mayor of La Maddalena , Fabio Lai, against the body he manages, Marcello Acciaro, general director of the ASL Gallura , for the transfer of a pediatrician . And even if the mayor never named him or the ASL in the press release or in the video, it was clear that his “anger” was directed at them.
Surprised by the mayor's statements, Acciaro wrote, after having specified that the management of the procedures for assigning doctors' roles is the responsibility of Ares Sardegna and not the ASL, he stated that he is in any case in contact with Ares and working "to try to resolve the problem in close collaboration. We need to have a little patience and reassure the population: the institutions in charge are working and will do everything possible to guarantee continuity of the service ".
The general manager recalls «that the ASL has not been inactive until now but in time, already last year, in the Paolo Merlo hospital structure, we reactivated the Pediatrics clinic that provides support to parents , assigning a Pediatrician, Dr. Crosa, who is making a great contribution to the health of Maddalena».
The shortage of doctors and pediatricians, "not only in Sardinia, but throughout Italy is a fact known to all: there is a shortage of more than five hundred doctors in Sardinia, in Gallura almost sixty. More than a third of the need".
The information on the pediatrician's transfer , concludes Acciaro, "was purposely given in time through the press and more than three weeks in advance of the end of the assignment . An act due while waiting for necessary and urgent solutions."
