Santo Stefano and Lamon without a medical guard

The activity of continuity of assistance (as the medical guard is defined in medical jargon) is one of the most difficult areas to cover with the staff. To date, in fact, these functions are carried out by doctors from outside the province or sometimes even from outside the region or by professionals who are gaining experience, perhaps waiting for a place in a department or other.

A SANTO STEFANO

In Santo Stefano the headquarters of the medical guard was inaugurated only a few months for this purpose. Well, after a short time it will remain completely closed, waiting for another solution or for a new doctor who wants to work in Comelico. Calls from Santo Stefano residents will be filtered by the Suem 118 head office and routed directly to the Cortina d’Ampezzo office. A news that took the municipal administration by surprise, which certainly, among the many difficulties it faces, did not need this too. “It is news that we do not like”, comments the deputy mayor Elisa Bergagnin, who also deals with social services. “Fortunately we will be able to make up for it with the use of the ambulance that the Region has granted us for a few months to avoid the inconvenience caused by the works on the tunnel. Then we also have the firefighters who have always given us a hand on the health front ». “I hope”, continues Bergagnin, “that the situation can be resolved quickly and that the ambulance, which is doing an excellent job and has shown all its importance in emergency interventions even during the summer season, will become a stable service. . We are the most secluded area of ​​this province, even taking away essential health services would mean condemning us to depopulation ».

A LAMON

Problems also in the western part of the province. In Lamon the medical guard office will not close completely: the activity will be guaranteed only on days before holidays and holidays, while on weekdays the calls of patients will be processed by the doctors on duty in Feltre.