Healthcare, the government decree does not convince Bartolazzi: «Abstract and without coverage»
The Regions have been involved little, claims the councilor: "There hasn't been a serious discussion yet"
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The Schillaci reform, launched by the Meloni government to deal with the health emergency throughout the country, does not convince regional councilor Armando Bartolazzi. These are acceptable and common sense measures, he admits, but strong doubts remain due to the absence of additional appropriations and the economic impact . And above all for the lack of involvement of the Regions.
«At first glance it is clear that we agree with measures with a high regulatory impact such as the single Cup, weekend visits and others which constitute common sense interventions», explains the Roman doctor and former undersecretary in the Conte government. Interventions on which, however, the Region would like to "open a serious discussion with the government which unfortunately has not yet taken place", underlines Bartolazzi.
« This is a decree in which the Regions have been little involved, very abstract and still without financial coverage - highlights the councilor -. We therefore reserve the right to evaluate the measures with a high economic impact that will be included in the decree law, because we should have at least a cost contribution."
Data from Sardegna Salute
Not just a shortage of doctors and increasingly long waiting lists: penalizing the already struggling Sardinian regional system is the fact that since 2007, Sardinia has been providing for the financing of the overall needs of the national health service on its own territory, without any contribution from the state budget. On the island, which has just under 1.6 million inhabitants, there is a shortage of around 400 specialist doctors, one hundred family doctors and around fifty paediatricians. The data, together with that of the average waiting times for specialist visits and tests, leads to the dramatic growth in the share of Sardinians who give up treatment, as much as 12.3%, due to the inefficiency of public structures, the waiting lists unsustainable and excessively expensive.
The current picture of the waiting lists on the island emerges from the data made available by the Sardegna Salute portal : in the last two years the "high priority" waiting lists (to be completed within 10 days) have shortened slightly, while those for "deferrable" (within 30 days) and "schedulable" (within 120 days) benefits are worsening.
Waiting times
Thus, from the figures of the ex ante monitoring of outpatient services in institutional settings, updated for the week between 6 and 10 May 2024, if for an urgent cardiology visit the wait is on average 7 days, for the same visit it is "deferrable" , i.e. to be carried out within 30 days, you have to wait 107. For a first "urgent" endocrinological visit the imposed limit is exceeded by 5 days, while for a "deferrable" appointment, instead of the maximum of 30 days, it goes to 131 days. The situation worsens with diagnostic tests: with 103 days of waiting for a "deferrable" CT scan of the lower abdomen and even 460 days for an MRI of the spine or 135 days for a simple cardiac color Doppler echo.
(Unioneonline/D)
