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Health committees: “Fewer and fewer services, let’s stop the cuts”

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The contact person of the group of Agordo, Cadore and Comelico on the attack. Trento: “Pieve and Agordo hospitals return for acute cases”

BELLUNO. «It is good that Ulss 1 Dolomiti thinks of helicopter rescue pitches, but this must not throw smoke on the eyes. The problem always remains the impoverishment of mountain health ”.

This is said by the referent of the committees for the protection of the health of the valleys of Agordo, Cadore and Comelico, Guido Trento who is inspired by the request of the general manager Carraro to the mayors to communicate the areas available for the landing of the Suem helicopter. Also in view of the start of the night flight. But Trento dampens the easy enthusiasm. «Let us remember that the helicopter does not fly most days of the year because it rains, because there is fog, because there is wind or snow. And therefore for those who are affected by time dependent diseases, such as heart attack or stroke or other, if they stay in a valley like Comelico they risk not being saved if there is no widespread urgent-emergency service in the area. Of course, the helicopter rescue is an integrating element of the entire rescue network, but it must not be seen as the panacea for all ills ».

It is clear that Trento speaks on behalf of the committee. «In the hospitals of Pieve di Cadore and Agordo, in recent years, the activities of Cardiology, emergency surgery, Pediatrics, the analysis laboratory and almost radiology have been reduced to zero. That is, they have been stripped of all those activities that save lives in an emergency. We ask, therefore, as we have been doing for years, that these hospitals return to being acute, guaranteeing that strong integration between hospital and territory “.

Trento highlights that many services have been lost over the years. “In this province it has always been cut even in the largest hospitals such as Feltre and Belluno where many departments have lost their primary care”. And then in conclusion he blurts out: «Enough with these commercial news such as the arrival of the great machinery of the latest generation taken among other things with the money coming from Trento, because the Region does not invest that much. What do we do with these sophisticated instruments if there are no doctors to make them work. And why aren’t there any staff who want to work up here? I believe that this problem should be dealt with in the State-Regions conference, where they decide on health planning. It has been known for years that we would have found ourselves without doctors, for example, but nothing was done to resolve the situation in time. And I believe that those who have made choices that did not take this into account should take their responsibility. Because here the services are starting to fail ».

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