Bed blockers: the gigantic waste in Sardinia

At conferences, they call them bed-blockers. Literally, those who block beds. These are patients who, with medical records in hand, can be discharged. Because the acute phase, when the condition requires medical treatment, is over. But none of them have anywhere to go.

<p>Francesco Agus </p>

They have no family network to care for them at home, no nursing home, and no long-term care facility. So they're kept in the hospital.

A gigantic waste of money, "millions of euros every year," says Francesco Agus, leader of the Progressive Party in the Regional Council: there are over 70 of them every day in the greater Cagliari area, and about 50 in the Sassari area. And they cost 450 euros every 24 hours.

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