There are about 900 “no vax” sanitary ware that Ats Insubria has contacted and who are suspended from service. A constantly evolving number, as the investigations are completed with the intersection of information or the staff decides to undergo a vaccine.
Ats Insubria’s recommendation to operators is to comply with the obligation. The alarm, more than in health facilities, is high in the area. Among the doctors “under investigation” also some general practitioners: «They are not many – comments the doctor Maria Cristina Della Rosa, director of primary care at Ats Insubria – the big problem, however, is that each doctor has around 1,550/1600 patients. If it is suspended, these citizens remain without reference. Given the difficulties of territorial medicine which already has numerous shortcomings, if we also add these suspensions, the situation becomes really worrying».
The first case has already broken out and is in the Como area. The doctor in question has been suspended: “At the moment, we have buffered, entrusting his clients to colleagues with whom the doctor worked on the network. But it is a temporary situation. We are looking for someone who agrees to replace him until the end of December or until he decides to get vaccinated. Local medicine is already in difficulty, these suspensions have devastating effects».
The question is also up to the mayors: outpatient clinics are often owned by the doctor, so any substitute must seek an alternative space. Investigations on some general practitioners are also being completed in the province of Varese and some mayors are already alerted.