Treviso emergency room under daily siege. Chaos Sunday, visit 400 people

General manager Francesco Benazzi: “So we can’t do it”. And he asks for 20 nurses. Boom of accesses due to illness from the heat.

TREVISO. The emergency room of the Treviso hospital breaks out, clogged with white codes and a peak of accesses caused by illness from the heat and the appearance of neglected pathologies during the pandemic. «Last Sunday we had about 400 accesses, an indescribable peak. Blame the torrid summer and a resumption of the request for assistance from those who in the last two years have not been able to carry out the check-ups »says the director general of Ulss 2 Francesco Benazzi. Illnesses linked to high temperatures, imbalances and states of dehydration, but also small traumas from outdoor activities, the main emergencies managed by the emergency room staff of the capital.

A situation that confirms a growing trend, for days the PS has been managing an average of between 300 and 330 patients, with peaks at the weekend and during the week during post-work hours. A situation that the medical management of Ca ‘Foncello has decided to tackle by strengthening the staff with 20 new nurses and the involvement of family doctors for the management of white codes which make up 60% of patients, while another 30% relates to medium-light trauma.

To manage the increases in patients, the Ulss of Marca has already asked the regional Crite commission to grant 20 new hires of extra-turnover nurses, using an existing ranking. «We have already sent the application to the Region to Crite» confirms CEO Benazzi «these 20 new ones extra turnover nurses they will be used to coordinate the access phases of users to the emergency room without going to touch the staff of the service centers (such as rest homes) “. The authorization of Crite, announced for yesterday, will lead to the sending of telegrams for new hires within a few days.