The corridors are polished but empty, and if you look at the vital activity, there is cause for concern: the “San Marcellino”, in Muravera, is the emblem of small Sardinian hospitals and their state of health.
Surgery, which in the past boasted a high-level team, since 2015 has been limited to week surgery (i.e. only low or medium complexity interventions, with hospitalization from Monday to Friday). ENT has been closed since 2003, gynecology and obstetrics since 2009: the last child born in Muravera is 16 years old. There is also no orthopedic surgeon (the one who left recently has not been replaced) and the emergency room only accepts white and green codes: from yellow onwards you have to go to Cagliari.
An unflattering balance. We talked about it with the mayor Salvatore Piu, who publicly declared that he chose to be treated there for a tumor, with the head of an association that has been fighting for 25 years to safeguard health services in Sarrabus and with the regional councilor Sandro Porcu, who is also the mayor of Villaputzu: the prospect is to bring a “specialty” to San Marcellino. Which one? “We will decide together with citizens and associations,” Porcu replies.
