«The construction of new hospitals is a commitment that we have made with the Sardinians since 2019 , even before the vote, and it was appreciated by the voters who gave us the mandate to create more modern and efficient structures. Since then we have governed Sardinia going through an epochal and dramatic event such as the pandemic that took two and a half years away from this legislature. However, Covid has not canceled the promise made to the Sardinians ».
Thus the governor Christian Solinas , in response to the political controversies triggered by the decision of the Council to proceed with the realization of the technical and economic feasibility study for the construction of four new hospitals, in Sassari, Alghero, Cagliari and in the Sulcis Iglesiente area.
«Today some of the most important hospitals on the island – underlines the president of the Region – are housed in structures over fifty years old, often dilapidated, in buildings that develop vertically in an outdated concept . All this while in the last 15 years Cagliari, for example, has lost 3 hospitals. We need modern structures, with a horizontal development that allows for a more rational and performing organization of services and routes, with standards that can never be achieved under current conditions. Our healthcare system also needs new hospitals to optimize economic and professional resources which would thus have the possibility of being allocated more efficiently in a historical moment in which all of Italy has to deal with the shortage of doctors and staff of the health sector".
«It is unthinkable – declares the President – that today there could be someone willing to put a stop to all this. We have identified the necessary resources, over 1.5 billion euros, the result of a negotiation with the Government that I have carried out over the years . Saying "no" to the construction of new hospitals would mean leaving Sardinia and the Sardinians behind, while the world races forward. The exploitation that is being done on this very delicate issue, in order to drag the discourse to the level of political confrontation as an end in itself, is of little use to the community, as are the many untrue statements that continue to be repeated".
