Medici in Turmoil: Italy’s Proposed healthcare Reform Sparks Debate Italy’s healthcare system is at a crossroads. A proposed reform aims to transform general practitioners from freelancers to employees of the National Health Service (NHS), a move that has sparked widespread debate adn concern among medical professionals. The reform, part of the Pnrr (National Recovery and … Read more
As flu season grips the nation, health experts are sounding the alarm about two other viruses that are gaining traction: metapneumovirus and norovirus. While the flu remains a primary concern, these lesser-known pathogens are causing notable disruptions, especially in vulnerable populations. Epidemiologist Mihai Negrea, a health expert, describes norovirus as a virus that triggers a … Read more
Montecatone‘s skills at the service of Ukraine. The Imola institute is the protagonist of an important collaboration with the Soleterre Foundation, the city clinical hospital of Dnipro and the first territorial medical union of Lviv to strengthen the capacity of the hospitals operating in the country in the field of rehabilitation. The agreement, sanctioned by … Read more
While waiting for the identification of a new general practitioner in the Municipality of Sant’Agata sul Santerno, from Wednesday 13 November a temporary continuity of care service will be active at the clinic in via IV Novembre, 2 (internal 2). Initially the Local Health Authority had thought of placing the service inside an equipped camper … Read more
It was last April when Filippo De Siano, medico of continuity of care Forio of Ischiatravels the streets of Ischia on a motorbike, witnesses a bad accident: he stops, provides assistance, coordinates his colleagues from 118, helps save the life of a tourist of Bergamo. A simple but exemplary gesture, which refers to the ethical … Read more
A footballer, a doctor, some teachers, civic councilors, flood victims. No leaders, the order is strictly alphabetical. There is a lot of civil society in the list of Elena Ugolini, center-right candidate for the regional elections on 17 and 18 November, who also proudly highlights the presence of a 19-year-old student, Lucrezia Zenoni, “the youngest … Read more
Return theinfluenzabut also the fear of Covid. Family doctors raise the alarm: dozens of phone calls from patients with flu symptoms, who feel a cold, fever and cough coming on and immediately think they have Covid, almost four years after the start of the pandemic (now on its way out) . This is what Silvestro … Read more
Florence, 15 September 2023 – “The Covid no longer has those lethality characteristics and severity in the evolution of the disease that we had become accustomed to seeing for two years. There cautionamong the most fragile and elderly categories, however, it remains necessary. Attention to one’s health which turns into the simple gesture of getting … Read more
The manager of the “Victor Babeş” Infectious Diseases Hospital in the capital, Dr. Simin Aysel Florescu, explained to News.ro that more and more children with measles are presenting themselves at the medical unit, gradually reaching the situation before the pandemic, with a very large number of cases. Measles is a disease that can cause severe, … Read more
In this way, he underlines, “almost 3,000 new doctors in training would be available, ready immediately to take on conventional tasks during the course as envisaged by job training”. Indeed, there are currently around 40,000 general practitioners on duty but a few thousand would be missing. The new tender, Schembri points out, “with an additional … Read more