Dear Union,

I have to constantly monitor the values of the various drugs I take. I usually carry out the blood samples at a private facility in Quartu Sant'Elena, under a pathology exemption.

Having then informed myself through my family doctor, I learned that the clinic in my country, that is Burcei, gave the possibility to perform the aforementioned blood tests comfortably on site. I then immediately worked to contact the structure in question, to inquire about the procedure to follow. I tried for days to get in touch by telephone with the various operators that orbit around it with poor, indeed nil, results. After that for days I tried in vain in this vain attempt, I finally decided to go personally to the same structure.

It goes without saying that on the spot I have not found anyone to whom to address requests for information, concerning what were my needs. I then turned to a girl, my peasant employee of the municipality of Burcei who was casually present there, who kindly informed me, even if it was not within her competence, on the procedure to follow. He explained to me that blood samples were taken by making an appointment by telephone. I then told her that I had been trying to contact the Ats operators in our clinic for days, but that no one had ever answered me.

To which I asked her if she could book directly in person, but I was told that it could only be done by phone. I then expressed my heavy disappointment in front of some elderly people who complained of the same difficulty, referring to me that even they and many other peers, despite the right to be able to take advantage of the free service on site, were instead forced to undertake, be granted the term, the "journeys of hope" to private structures in the capital or neighboring ones, therefore far from their residence, with all that series of logistical and economic difficulties connected with traveling outside the city.

My combative nature, almost like "Don Quixote del Sarrabus", then pushed me to become the spokesperson for those who are often put on the margins of society, as often happens with the elderly or mentally disturbed, who most of the time do not have the tools to make their "cries of suffering" heard.