The letter published here above, signed by Giuseppe Cacace and Paola Tammaro, takes aim at the healthcare management of a public company in the Naples area. According to the doctors, some poor decisions are threatening to create a health care emergency.
The primary-care doctors are unhappy with the decision of the ASL Napoli 3 Sud management to extend positions to family doctors over seventy years of age, rather than fill them with younger, freely choosable doctors.
They claim the directors in question presented “great confusion and incompetence,” particularly to do with the application of the law and the protection of public health.
They argue that the immediate termination of the working relationship of doctors above 70 years of age is the only possible solution to the public health problem. They urge colleagues who are interested in extending their working relationship beyond 70 years to “offer their self-sacrifice and their spirit of sacrifice in the many disadvantaged areas of Campania.”
Overall, the situation described by the doctors is far from ideal and raises concerns about the competence and motives of the healthcare managers in question. The publication of this letter is sure to drum up conversation surrounding the topic.
The letter was published on January 29, 2024.