The dam has now broken. Armando Bartolazzi , the Roman doctor who heads the health service on the Island, has exceeded the limit, according to his Sardinian colleagues at Businco, the hospital in Cagliari that treats cancer , but for the councilor it is only " a hologram . A structure that in fact does not exist", said the representative of the Regional Council in the Regional Council the day before yesterday.
The fuse lit on hospital care became a fire in the space of twenty-four hours. First Luigi Mascia , director of Medical Oncology at Businco, took a stand. Then a page of press release was written by Agnese Foddis , general director of Arnas Brotzu, the health company that includes the hospital accused by Bartolazzi.
"Saying that Businco is not able to provide innovative drugs", or "the most recent and effective therapies against tumors", observes Mascia, "is a devastating message for patients and their families ". The director speaks of "imprudent words" regarding which he expresses "deep dismay".
The councilor, yesterday, knew very well that a storm was being created around his speech in the Chamber. Or rather, an unprecedented clash. So much so that his entourage tried to reassure, letting slip Bartolazzi's esteem for Sardinian doctors. With a reasoning: the councilor simply wanted to highlight the difficulties of Sardinian healthcare , a crisis also certified in the recent Agenas report: compared to the 205 parameters put under the magnifying glass, the Island ended up at the bottom of the national ranking on healthcare performance. The statements of Carla Fundoni , Democratic president of the Health commission in the Regional Council, also move in this perspective: «The councilor did not want to offend anyone», she says. But from the M5S, Todde's party that chose Bartolazzi, the group leader Michele Ciusa , on Facebook, speaks of Brotzu as a «center of excellence», thus also defending Businco. The opposition, through Stefano Tunis , one of the founders of Sardegna al centro 20venti, is ready to present a motion of no confidence against Bartolazzi.
On the public accounts front, meanwhile, through the adjustment approved Thursday the majority has allocated for healthcare "197 million and 887 thousand euros in the three-year period 2024-26, of which 195 million for 2024 ", they write from the department. Bartolazzi speaks of an "extraordinary injection of resources for medical and hospital assistance, a priority of the Council". The nest egg will serve to cover, among other things, the deficits of the Local Health Authorities (161 million and 700 thousand euros). It will also increase regional scholarships for specialization schools and the fund for non-self-sufficiency.