San Bartolomeo loses a primary “signal of the collapse of the ASL” The Manifesto for health had raised the problem last week with great concern Dr. Paolo Berisso, who leads internal medicine, requested and obtained the transfer to Chiavari

by Elena Sacchelli Doctor Giovanni Berisso, head physician of the complex structure of Internal Medicine of the San Bartolomeo hospital, will no longer work in the Sarzanese hospital from 1 March. To confirm the news, a resolution dated 17 February by the general manager of Asl 5, Dr. Paolo Cavagnaro, in which “a favorable opinion on the transfer of Dr. Berisso to the ASL 4 of Chiavari” is expressed. The fears expressed by the members of the Manifesto for local health – who had already anticipated last week that the San Bartolomeo was about to lose another unit – are confirmed with the deed signed by the management. A transfer that will weigh on a staff already under staff but who had been in the air for months if we consider that, as stated in the resolution, last December 28 Asl 4 had communicated to the La Spezia health company that it had acknowledged the outcome of the mobility procedure in which the current head of Internal Medicine of Sarzana was declared the winner. Commenting on the news is Valter Chiappini, a member of the Manifesto and provincial coordinator of Usb: “This transfer is a further sign of the collapse of our ASL and, at the same time, of our Sarzanese hospital where what holds up, holds up for self-denial and stoicism of an increasingly dejected staff “. The problem would be the lack of a well-structured hiring plan that could make a difference in healing a health care that risks collapse. “It almost seems that there is a very specific plan in not correcting the holes that continue to arise by only pretending to intervene – continued the USB coordinator – and this is not only exhausting the system, but also making operators lose confidence”. Another alarm concerning Sarzana is also worrying the Manifesto: the risk of closure of the Occupational Medicine clinic that has …