The Lombard reserved for the anti-Covid vaccine forced to “emigrate” out of the province because the seats next to home are sold out. Indisputable reservations, in the sense that they cannot be discussed, and that they can cost dearly. As happened to an 82-year-old who had to move from Pavia to Milan to have the serum inoculated. To do this he had to take a taxi and pay 120 euros. “I can afford it – he emphasizes -. But others, faced with the same choice, give up ».
“Commuter” of the vaccine. In the past few days, she had Pfzeir vaccinated with the first dose in the middle of the morning. Piera, 82 years old, despite being from Pavia, had no choice: she had to be vaccinated in the province of Milan, over 20 kilometers from her city. Like her, others of her generation were faced with the same choice.
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“From my house I see the San Matteo polyclinic – explains the retired woman, a former manager of a trade union organization -. But to receive the first dose I had to go to the Milanese. And I’ll have to go back for the second one too: I have an appointment set for after Easter. In the vaccination center in southern Milan I found a lot of people from my city. I felt like I was taking a walk downtown ».
There are those who give up the serum. This story resembles that of many other Lombard seniors summoned by SMS from the well-known Aria Lombardia system for vaccination outside the province. «In the Milanese clinic everything went well: exceptional staff, little waiting and perfect distances – continues Piera -. But if I think that I live in a city like Pavia, where there are fine hospitals, it seems absurd to have to move. I know of people my age who have had to give up the vaccine because they cannot face such a journey, both physically and economically. I realize that I am privileged because I have a good pension and, despite some ailments, I feel in good health ».
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The taxi ride. Lucky because she was able to afford a taxi to reach the vaccination center outside the area. Paying 120 euros for a trip of about forty kilometers (round trip). “And I will have to pay a similar amount even after Easter, when I return for the call – insists the pensioner -. I can afford it, for heaven’s sake. This year, instead of Easter eggs, I gave myself the trip for the vaccination. But that’s not good, there are people less fortunate than me, both financially and physically, who cannot commit such a sum. I know a lady who takes a pension of 600 euros and struggles to move. He told me he can’t move: the expense and effort are too much. She asked the Region for help, we hope they can vaccinate her in her city. “
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Convocation at night. Piera returns to the moment he received the message on his cell phone about the summons. “Compared to other elderly people, of whom I read and hear, he arrived quite early: my cell phone rang at past 11 pm – he remembers -. To a friend of mine the message arrived at 3 in the morning. In addition to the somewhat unusual time for a communication of this type, I was disappointed especially when, the next morning, I read it. I started scrolling and I read “via Sardegna 7”. But in Pavia in Viale Sardegna there are no health facilities: only the Naviglio. Then I checked well and it was via Sardegna, but in Pieve Emanuele, in the Milanese area ». The woman concludes: «I did not lose heart: I organized myself and booked a taxi. I lived the last year with the fear of getting infected, however it was not an obsession, as has happened to others. I used precautions, trying to continue my life as before. Now with the vaccine we begin to see the light at the end of the tunnel. But at what price ».
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