Emergency medical services associations raise alarm: "New agreement and increased funding to ensure emergency services in Sardinia."

They are demanding a new agreement to continue providing the service, as well as the allocation of the additional €5 million promised for years but never delivered.

The associations working in the emergency sector in Sardinia that belong to the ANAS network met this morning in Tramatza: around thirty organizations, joined by Legacoop, have been struggling for years to operate in the region due to limited financial resources and an agreement signed with the Region that no longer covers the needs of those on the island who ensure the 118 emergency service continues.

Ambulance service, it was explained, can no longer be entrusted to volunteers, who are increasingly depleted. The reason for the diaspora is simple: they carry enormous responsibilities, often spending an entire shift waiting outside emergency rooms without actually lending a hand to anyone, the days pass by, and even time, in addition to the skills deployed, has a value.

Anas is requesting funding to train professional rescuers, who could also be incentivized to continue providing service through remuneration.

The meeting was also attended by Carla Fundoni, president of the Regional Council's Health Committee, who ensured that the requests presented by Anas would be included on the agenda of the Sardinian assembly, including the possibility of adjusting compensation for first responders. Angelo Maria Serusi, general director of Areus (Sardinian Emergency Agency), pledged extraordinary commitment to drafting the new agreement.

(Unioneonline/E.Fr.)