Over fifteen patients in the corridor, almost all elderly, suspended in the limbo of the emergency room of the Holy Trinity of Cagliari . The bags placed on the ground, if a pillow falls you have to wait for the first available operator. Otherwise it stays there, to prove that more than something doesn't work. And privacy, confidentiality are the last of thoughts.

Announcements follow one another, the geography of the hospital changes, but the situation always remains the same: beds for hospitalization in the wards are not enough and the sick remain in makeshift accommodations, waiting for some beds to be freed. On stretchers, or even in an armchair (there were four seated this morning). What should be an area dedicated to dealing with emergencies and urgencies is transformed into a hospitalization space.

The numbers of Is Mirrionis this morning, around one o'clock, were these: 34 patients in all, 17 in the corridor, three Covid (destined for transfer). Doctors, nurses and Oss who in every way try to ensure assistance: sacrificed, once again, out of a sense of duty. They, like the sick, but they are not by their will.

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