After being suspended for two years due to new coronavirus prevention measures, St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican has once again opened a mobile clinic to provide free outpatient services on the occasion of World Day of the Poor.
(Vatican News Network)In view of the forthcoming VI World Day of the Poor, on Sunday 13 November, St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican will reopen the mobile clinics from 7 to 13 November to provide free medical services to the needy. On the day of the inauguration, Archbishop Rino Fisichella, in charge of the preparations, told the news network that the move is to ensure that the weakest in society have access to the necessary medical resources.
Giovanni Mantuso, a medical student who came to support, told the information network: “The purpose of this event is to raise awareness. It is important to involve everyone, especially in St. Peter’s Square. The most needy, but also to encourage tourists and all those who who pass from here to approach, through various inspections in response to medical visits and prevention and control campaigns “.
The medical staff of the free clinic in St. Peter’s Square this year also included doctors from the Italian Association of Doctors Aid to Africa (Doctors with Africa CUAMM). Mrs. Jane Tedesco, doctor of the association, underlined to this news network: “We are also in this team. Where there is a need and an emergency, we are there”.
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