“I apologize to the health workers, we no longer have to repeat the mistakes of the past with the cuts made by both the right-wing and left-wing junctions”: These words, pronounced during the inauguration of the new intensive and sub-intensive care unit of the Mauriziano Hospital in Turin, I’m from president of the Piedmont Region Alberto Cirio.
“Promote turnover in the healthcare sector “
The sentences, arrived in this moment of recovery and discreet optimism, are even more significant: “It is necessary favor – he continued – turnover because it is people who make the difference more than machinery: we have blocked it for too many years, preventing new energies from entering the Piedmontese healthcare facilities; we must also gratify the workers in the sector by allowing them to operate in an appropriate environment”.
Vaccines: target of 5 million by the end of August
The governor also took the opportunity to do the point on vaccination campaign: “We are continuing – he concluded – with great determination towards the targets we have set: at the moment we have vaccinated 3 million and 300 thousand Piedmontese, with an average of 38 thousand inoculations per day we plan to reach 5 million by the end of August. In the meantime, those over 60 will be able to go to any hub without having to book, while on the platform it will be possible to choose the vaccine according to their needs”.