Treviso, Ulss denounces: “No vax queuing at vaccination centers to slow down others”

The dg Benazzi: “The nurses storm with questions and leave without vaccinating, only to slow down the administration of the doses.” Meanwhile, the Treviso Ulss strengthens Covid point and Vax point

TREVISO. The tactic is now well established. They enter the vaccination center, take their seats and when their turn comes, they begin to “storm” the doctor on duty with questions and comments. Meanwhile, time passes, the queue gets bigger and the anti-Covid supply chain gets jammed.

“It happens every day” sighs the director general of Ulss 2 Francesco Benazzi. «In all our Vax Points we have three or four people every day who adopt this technique: they arrive and begin to issue requests to the health personnel employed in prophylaxis. They waste precious minutes and then take and leave, without having carried out the inoculation, sometimes shouting, complaining and reiterating their opposition to vaccination “reports the CEO.

The phenomenon has been recorded for some time now and concerns all vaccination centers in our province. And if this happens inside the offices, it’s no better outside, where the demand for tampons and prophylaxis is soaring.

CODE AI VAX POINT

Almost 14,000 services a day, divided between the administration of anti-Covid vaccines and tampons. Never so many since the beginning of the pandemic. And never before have the Vax Points and Covid Points in the Treviso province come under pressure. Everywhere long queues of users waiting to get prophylaxis or get tested.

Yesterday morning at Covid Point in Altivole more than three hundred cars waiting for the drive-in screening, so much so that a team of local police officers had to intervene to regulate the traffic jam. “We had never seen such an influx of people before to undergo the swab, in the previous pandemic waves we used to do 5 thousand a day, now we are over 7 thousand” reiterated Benazzi.

In addition, the Covid Point at Treviso airport, which monitors arriving travelers, will soon be brought inside the airport.

THE NEW OPENINGS

The increase in demand for third vaccine doses is also a factor. From today the Vax Points in the province of Treviso have increased from five to six thanks to the activation of the vaccination point set up in the former elementary school of Sant’Apollinare, in via Malombra ad Asolo. “The new Vax point will remain open every day, including holidays, from 8 to 20” says the health authority.

In addition to it, these vaccination centers are operational: “La Tartaruga” integrated nursery school in via Fogazzaro a Vedelago, every day from 8 to 20. Campo Fiera a Godega di Sant’Urbano, every day from 8 to 20. The former Maber a Castrette di Villorba every day (8-20), the Luigi and Augusta retirement home a Roncadelle di Ormelle (8-20) and the John XXIII nursing home of Monastier Monday to Saturday (8-13).

The health authority is working with the Municipality to install the garrison, while the search for a new office to open in the district of Parish church of Soligo. The agreement with pediatricians to immunize minors between the ages of 5 and 12 is also being defined, creating a dedicated vaccination line in the Vax Points, starting with De Gironcoli in Conegliano.

SERVICES ON THE TERRITORY

To buffer the situation, Ulss 2 has enhanced, where possible, the Covid Points by increasing the staff employed and logistics. From next Tuesday the drive-in buffer point at Melodi will also be activated Castelfranco. At Customs in Treviso the service was increased to 3,000 tampons a day: the maximum capacity of the structure.

At the Zoppas Arena in Conegliano and to the former Veil of Altivole having no room to increase activity, Ulss 2 could not help but collaborate with the municipal administrations to regulate traffic. At the Covid Point of the former Maber a Castrette di Villorba the facility operates with two wards, one for screening and one for anti-Covid vaccinations.