Andrea Serra, teacher of the children of the Microcitemico for 18 years: «We need space»

For 18 years Andrea Serra has been teaching in the Pediatric Oncohematology department of the Microcitemico hospital. He is the primary school teacher of the children being treated in the Cagliari hospital. A particular school. «I stand by two principles: the right to education and the right to health. I was a precarious teacher of French. When they offered me the chance to teach in the hospital, I had no doubts," he told Videolina news.

He is part of a team of six teachers (there are also middle schools). «Now», he adds, «we need new spaces to be with the children and for meetings. We hope that the ASL of Cagliari will give us answers quickly on the agreement which provides for the use of spaces that already exist inside the hospital".

A very intense experience: « In these 18 years I have received so much from the children, from their parents, from doctors and nurses of Microcitemico». In the classroom of a school that transmits joy and trust, the constructions made with Lego by the little pupils, puppets, drawings, Bianca Pitzorno's books. The game is part of the teaching. The teacher, who refers to the "Giusy Devinu" comprehensive institute, likes the teaching of smiles, which is vital in the pediatric oncohematology department.