Let’s put ourselves in the shoes of the citizens and doctors of Milan and Lombardy. Of that region which, it has always been said, is at the top of excellence in health care (and in many ways it is). But which, faced with the Sars Cov-2 pandemic, ended up on its knees in the first phase, leaving many gray areas in assistance. And now he is facing the resurgence of the infection, with a few more problems. He knows something about it Roberto Carlo Rossi, President of the Order of Doctors of Milan.
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Doctor Rossi, it seems to understand that there are two situations of discomfort that the Milanese are facing in these days: the first is the (im) possibility of vaccinating against the flu virus. The second concerns access to tampons. Let’s start with the first.
«We are late on vaccines. Very late. Influenza vaccination campaigns usually begin in mid-October because vaccines become protective after fifteen to thirty days. Although the peak of infection usually occurs in late January-February, the virus begins to circulate earlier, depending on the season. Today, protecting yourself in advance means eliminating disease conditions that could interfere with the diagnosis of Covid. However, not everything is influence. There are other respiratory viruses that, in the autumn-winter season, can cause respiratory problems (the so-called Ili, Influence Like Illness, from English, and are accompanied by cough, sore throat, fever and exhaustion, ed). It is these conditions that could create difficulties in distinguishing them from Covid ».
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But where can flu vaccines be found in Lombardy at the moment?
“At the moment they are not available in pharmacies. In a few days they will be distributed to general practitioners, but in thirty doses, a ridiculous amount, in the face of over 300 people “candidates” by age or pathology to receive it, at least in my general practitioner clinic (the offer of private is another story, ed)».
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So: delays, few doses and lack of information.
“Yes, it is”.
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And in the other regions?
“They all go in no particular order.”
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Let’s talk about tampons. What happens in Lombardy?
“General practitioners can’t do them: they should have protective suits and whatnot. So they can collect requests, but only from patients with symptoms, and forward them to the appointed centers. That they do them quite quickly ».
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So, how do we put it with the negative comments of social networks precisely on the times. So what about the resulting quarantine times?
“The chaos is mainly due to the delay in communicating the outcome of the tests (there would be no technological support, ed). Many patients end up accusing general practitioners ».
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Doctors have been hailed as “the heroes” of this pandemic (with other health care actors, frontline nurses and illustrious victims such as Dr. Roberto Stella, president of the Varese Medical Association, ed), but now they end up in the dock. What is happening?
“Yes, lawsuits against doctors, accused of”malpractice“That is of misconduct in treating patients affected by Sars-Cov2”.
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Who is accused? General practitioners or hospitals?
“Both. The real problem is that they faced a whole new disease, not reported in the textbooks, and they didn’t know how to manage it – it felt like little more than a flu. This new coronavirus was a curiosity for virologists, then it became the scourge of God. So, at the beginning, we went by trial and error ».
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An example for everyone?
“Early March, he was groping in the dark. A 35-year-old young man goes to the general practitioner with fever and some respiratory symptoms. He prescribes the therapies. Then the patient gets worse, ends up in hospital and, unfortunately, dies from Coronavirus. Now the family members ask the doctors for damages ».
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October 14, 2020 (change October 14, 2020 | 07:58)
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