This conclusion was reached after an appeal by the family doctors of Lazio. The measures examined here clearly state that with the suspicion of Covid, the family doctor is not called at home. In fact, the family doctors have promoted a formal action against the law that would have wanted them in the front row in the assistance on the territory to Covid patients. GPs felt they were not equipped for this kind of care. Moreover, at the national level special units, called DRY. The acronym means Special Continuity Care Unit.
If it was considered that special units particularly organized were needed to fight Covid, then it is clear that assistance could not compete with general practitioners.
From the appeal that the Lazio doctors have promoted and from the dialogue that has ensued, these basic rules have been reached.
These rules are still in force today.
With Covid, the doctor is not called at home
First, you should not go to the doctor’s office. This applies to both adults and children. Don’t storm surgeries, not even pediatric ones.
Likewise, you don’t have to rush to the emergency room either. In fact, coming and going from the hospital can give rise to other infections.
In case of symptoms suspected should contact health facilities by phone. The general toll-free number of the Ministry of Health is available, ie 1500. But closer to the citizen is the regional health emergency number, available on the website of each region.
At the time of the first wave, some citizens were disappointed because getting the line on the phone was far from easy. As in all things, the mechanism took time to get up and running. Now, however, the assistance you receive need no longer cause concern. If a pediatric child has a fever above 37.5 degrees, the pediatrician should be called. He will be the one to direct the parents so that the minor can swab. In most Italian cities they now do it with the drive in system. The nurses approach the car and without even getting out the buffer problem will be solved in a short time.
The important thing is to strictly respect the rules so as not to irresponsibly spread the infections.
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