Cagliari, the complaint: "Months of waiting for the machine that will allow our newborn daughter to breathe."

Months and months of waiting for the arrival of urgently needed medical devices to help a newborn baby breathe, with the response only now arriving. This is the complaint of a family from Cagliari, who had long requested a CPAP (a machine for treating breathing during sleep) and a pediatric pulse oximeter as top priority: they had to wait from winter until yesterday.

The request was made after the baby began experiencing problems a few weeks after birth (she is now seven months old): her parents noticed that, during the day, she was apnea and turning cyanotic. From there, a nightmare began for the entire family, which fortunately has now ended: the newborn required tests and hospitalization, and was urgently transported to the Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital in Rome . Further tests revealed that the apneas were also occurring during sleep, and to allow the baby to breathe, a machine (CPAP) was needed and her blood pressure constantly monitored using a special device.

For this reason, in April, the family submitted a request to the Cagliari Local Health Authority (ASL), but it took a long time to resolve the situation. "The company initially called us about the machine, but they only contacted us yesterday about the pulse oximeter to deliver the materials: a very serious situation for such a young child ," the girl's father said. "We emailed the Cagliari Local Health Authority several times, as well as calling and visiting the relevant office at the Cittadella della Salute on Via Romagna. However, despite numerous unanswered requests, it took months to receive what we needed."

After the initial request, made on April 30th by the pediatrician when the little girl was hospitalized in Rome, the family requested the materials from the Cagliari Local Health Authority. In May and June, they sent numerous requests, all with little or no response, and only now have they received a happy ending and the opportunity to adequately care for the little girl. "But, unfortunately, in recent months, we've learned that many other families are in the same situation," the father notes.