Access to the Faculty of Medicine is limited. This was reiterated today in Sassari by Maria Cristina Messa, Minister of University and Research, in the city to participate in a series of initiatives. "For the moment - he said - I exclude the elimination of the limited number for access to the Faculties of Medicine. Last year we had 70 thousand applicants for 14 thousand places available, hospitals and universities are not able to absorb 70 thousand applicants, also because we must ensure that the quality of training remains high. It is true that the pandemic has brought to light a lack of doctors, but it is a lack of the presence of doctors in the area, not of the overall presence ".
Messa then added, on the sidelines of the visit to the new structures of the "Mario Sironi" Academy of Fine Arts: "If we look at the number of doctors per inhabitant, Italy is among the first in Europe, but the correct distribution of these is lacking. doctors and therefore it is an intersection that universities, territories, regions and municipalities must make ".
"The planned number of medical students has increased over the years, we have reached more than 14 thousand starting from about 10 thousand. Now - he concluded - we have unlocked the funnel that existed between the medical degree and the postgraduate school , and now 19 thousand scholarships are arriving. We must then ensure that doctors stay in our country, trying to give them an appreciation for what they have studied ".
(Unioneonline / ss)