With a note addressed to the prefectural commission that leads the ASP of Catanzaro, the mayor of Carlopoli, Emanuela Talarico, intended to denounce “the situation of extreme social and health discomfort that currently affects the lives of my fellow citizens, with the hope that the Commission Prefect will promptly intervene to restore the effective provision of primary care and continuity of assistance “.
Again the question of the general practitioner is raised, whose assistance will fail not only for Carlopolis but also for citizens of neighboring countries. «From February 23, the primary care doctor who has treated our population for 35 years will be retired. About 950 patients resident there will be left without direct health care “, contests the mayor,” immediate interaction with the health management of the Lamezia Terme District, in order to obtain the opening of another clinic in the area by others Doctors belonging to the Reventino area of choice, did not produce any effect, remaining seriously unheard. Hundreds of people, from next week will remain without assistance from the general practitioner and this will cause serious harm, especially now, in fact, following the epidemiological emergency in progress as is known, vaccinations of over eighty-year-olds will soon begin. Who will support and support the population from a health point of view? “
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Furthermore, «who will send the names of the subjects falling within this age group and the relative telephone numbers to the competent ASP? Who will indicate the exact number of subjects who intend to be vaccinated, giving their consent? “
Talarico wants to highlight that “the town of which I am Mayor is a town inhabited by mostly elderly people, many of whom live alone and, therefore, in difficulty for travel, also considering the orography of the territory, entirely mountainous, with poor roads and no public means of transport that can guarantee access to health services located in other neighboring municipalities. In such conditions, not appointing a replacement would lead to difficulties and a lack of equity in accessing care. This state of affairs will cause serious damage to the entire community, in fact, many citizens, who are in urgent need of medicines for which a prescription is required, will not know who to turn to next week “.
For these premises, we ask “pursuant to article 12 paragraph 12.1 letter e) of the Regional Supplementary Agreement (AIR) for general medicine which provides, precisely to safeguard small communities, a protection regulation which, derogating from the general rules , allows to proceed with the appointment of the requested health care provider, that the need for immediate health protection of a significant part of the population is recognized through the immediate appointment of a substitute doctor who guarantees health care continuity in the area. We cannot wait for the publication of the deficient area which will happen, if all goes well, in a few months ».
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