Piana del Sele Hospital, Eboli’s appeal accepted

The sentence of the third section of the Regional Administrative Court of Campania Section of was published this morning Salerno which fully accepted the complaints presented by the Municipality of Eboli which was resisted by the Campania Region, the ASL and the Municipality of Battipagliathe Presidency of the Council of Ministers and the Ministry of Health. According to the judging panel, not only was the appeal admissible but also well-founded on the merits since the correct procedural process had not been followed with the contested acts, modifying the previous regional and ASL programming forecasts, substantially changing the regional programming plan of the hospital network with the downgrading of the Eboli Hospitalin the absence of the preparatory investigative documents, in addition to having foreseen the use of the funds for the construction of a new hospital intended instead only for the seismic adaptation of the existing buildings, to which must also be added the construction of the new hospital structure on a area at hydrogeological risk.

In addition to this, the TAR highlighted the concern of a downgrading of the Eboli hospital following the new constructionfeared by the Municipality in the appeal, was justified “without a specific compatibility check of the project in question having been carried out, implying the reallocation of the supply of hospital care within the territory of the Sele Valley, with respect to the qualitative, structural, technological and quantitative standards envisaged by the same Ministerial Decree 70/2015, had particular regard to the objective of “better equity of access to care across the various population groups”.

The mayor of Eboli is completely satisfied Conte who commented on the sentence thus: «We have not remained helpless in the face of the attempt to downgrade our hospital system. And we proved we were right across the board. The decision to build a new hospital in Battipaglia, which would have absorbed all the beds and all the healthcare functions of the entire Sele valley, was based on incorrect assumptions, as established by the TAR. Especially now that we have finally obtained approval for the project for the redevelopment and functional adaptation of our hospital by spending the funding available since 2017 and with the inauguration of four new and modern operating rooms on Saturday 16 November. The contested acts were in total contradiction with the commitment of the Region itself which is modernizing and re-functionalizing the Eboli hospital. A commitment maintained and for which we thank President De Luca. If we want to work towards the future construction of the single hospital in the Sele valley, an agreement must be found with the municipalities involved so that a new facility will serve the entire area south of Salerno».